Platinum Top Stories

Rick Rule: The perfect contrarian metal

Rick Rule of Sprott USA sits down with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable to outline his portfolio crisis response to the ongoing financial crisis.

Proven and Probable | March 22, 2020 | 11:51 am

Sibanye-Stillwater refutes Covid-19 social media hoax

The company will pursue legal action against the source of…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 22, 2020 | 11:07 am

Gold volatility surges to most since 2008 on global market spasm

The CBOE Gold ETF Volatility Index has more than doubled…

Bloomberg News | March 18, 2020 | 2:49 pm

After the rout, platinum and palladium face more turmoil before recovery

Platinum has plunged 40% and palladium 45% from February highs…

Reuters | March 18, 2020 | 9:46 am

Sibanye to provide processing facility to Amplats during force majeure

The Marikana facility will process all PGMs produced from Amplats'…

Reuters | March 17, 2020 | 9:35 am

Platinum industry expects supply deficit in 2018

Jewellery posts growth of 3%, the first in four years.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 21, 2017 | 6:07 pm

South Africa’s parliament delays passing key mining law

Lawmakers will miss a December target to pass changes to mineral resource laws, seen as key for greater investor certainty.

Reuters | November 21, 2017 | 5:06 am

Russia miner Nornickel sees capex rising by 2019-2020

The company plans to increase capital expenditure to an average of $2.3 billion to $2.5 billion a year in 2019 and 2020 from about $2 billion in 2018.

Reuters | November 20, 2017 | 10:36 am

Norilsk Nickel to increase 2017 palladium purchases

Head of Global Sales and Marketing Markus Meurer said purchases in 2017 would rise to as much as 600,000 oz of palladium, compared to 160,764 oz last year.

Reuters | November 20, 2017 | 9:46 am

Planetary Resources readies asteroid mining technology for Dec. launch

The Arkyd-6 spacecraft includes core technology that will be used in the company’s asteroid exploration program.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 14, 2017 | 11:35 am

Sibanye-Stillwater reaches wage deal with unions at Kroondal mine

The three-year wage agreement was signed by all three unions, the company said.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 9, 2017 | 5:50 am

Sibanye-Stillwater shuts down Cooke gold mine, about 7,000 laid off

Company said it would keep its Beatrix West gold mine running for as long as it makes a profit, on average, over any continuous period of three months.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 1, 2017 | 4:50 am