Silver, PGM Snapshot: Eight companies with an eye for precious white metal

Not all that glitters is gold. Sometimes it’s silver, platinum, or palladium.

Marilyn Scales - The Northern Miner | October 1, 2021 | 10:18 am

Nornickel to stick with dividend policy in 2021, CEO says

Company will stick with its policy of paying out 60% of core earnings in dividends for 2021.

Reuters | September 29, 2021 | 7:38 am

South Africa miners back gradual move away from coal-fired power

About 60% of the country’s $302 billion economy is reliant on energy produced from coal.

Bloomberg News | September 27, 2021 | 7:54 am

Missing worker at Sibanye’s Kloof gold mine found dead

An investigation into the cause of the incident, including the reasons the employee ventured into an area he should not have been in, will be carried out.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 23, 2021 | 3:39 am

Platinum-group prices are being hammered by the chip shortage

The shortage of semiconductors is clobbering the price of platinum-group metals as investors brace for a long-lasting hit to car production.

Bloomberg News | September 16, 2021 | 7:39 am

How mining waste can be used for hydrogen fuel production

Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology propose the idea of using feldspars found in mine tailings as part of a potential cheaper catalyst for hydrogen fuel production.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 15, 2021 | 12:30 am

Scientists working on autonomous swarms of robots to mine the Moon

NASA has granted a research team from the University of Arizona $500,000 to develop robots able to mine, excavate and even build simple structures on the Moon's surface.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 13, 2021 | 6:16 am

New type of catalyst may help protect supply of precious metals – study

Researchers high demand for catalysts means that global supplies of gold, platinum and palladium are become rapidly depleted

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 13, 2021 | 1:31 am

Palladium price lowest since August 2020 on automaker demand concerns

The World Platinum Investment Council said this week that it expects higher costs of palladium, used in vehicle pollution-control devices, to spur a gradual switch by automakers to using more platinum in gasoline-powered cars and trucks.

Bloomberg News | September 10, 2021 | 8:19 am

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