Platinum Top Stories

Iconic South African mines ravaged economy’s unlikely savior

Surging demand and prices for commodities including platinum-group metals, iron ore, manganese and coal are generating record mining-company profits and bolstering government revenue.

Bloomberg News | July 6, 2021 | 8:13 am

Anglo commits to provide eDNA data to protect biodiversity

Anglo American has become the first mining company to subscribe…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 18, 2021 | 6:09 am

Nornickel resumes mining at Taimyrsky after flooding

The underground mine is currently running at 40% of its…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 4, 2021 | 7:47 am

Russian banks to finance $7.8bn Siberia platinum mine

Russian banks VTB and VEB will provide Russian Platinum with…

Reuters | June 3, 2021 | 7:19 am

Australia’s Wyloo proposes ‘future metals hub’ for Ontario

It plans to invest C$25 million in studies that will…

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 1, 2021 | 10:48 am

The world’s most precious metal leaves everything else in the dust

Higher rhodium prices are good news for South African producers, which account for more than 80% of global output.

Bloomberg News | January 13, 2020 | 5:00 am

China court to re-auction Fanya indium at same asking price

The fate of the 3,609.46 tonnes of indium is being closely watched by minor metals traders.

Reuters | January 10, 2020 | 11:12 am

Gold price rally surprised even world’s top 30 analysts

Even the most bullish forecasts fell well short of gold's stellar performance in 2019.

Frik Els | January 9, 2020 | 2:58 pm

Will 2020 be junior mining’s year?

Another year of covering commodities and select junior mining stocks is all but done and dusted.

Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | January 8, 2020 | 4:01 pm

South African platinum stocks extend 2019 surge into new year

The FTSE/JSE Africa Platinum Mining Index jumped 4.9% Wednesday, taking its advance this year to 6.5%, as palladium touched an all-time high above $2,100 an ounce.

Bloomberg News | January 8, 2020 | 1:50 pm

Gold holds near six-year high with Iran’s next moves in focus

Bullion climbed 2.4% over the previous two sessions to approach $1,600 an ounce.

Bloomberg News | January 7, 2020 | 9:50 am

Gold hits highest since 2013 as Goldman backs bullion in crisis

Metal neared $1,600 an ounce after Iran said it would no longer abide by any limits on its enrichment of uranium following the killing of General Qassem Soleimani.

Bloomberg News | January 6, 2020 | 6:17 am