Platinum Top Stories

South African platinum mine wage talks to start next week

The AMCU plans to meet Anglo American Platinum on July 9, followed by Impala Platinum on July 10 and Sibanye Gold the day after that.

Bloomberg News | July 2, 2019 | 9:35 am

Platinum giants resist pay demands after hitting price jackpot

The world’s biggest platinum producers face a dilemma: they’re reporting…

Bloomberg News | June 27, 2019 | 9:46 am

Northam Platinum expects Kukama shaft to be operational in FY 2020

The Eland mine had been placed on care and maintenance…

Reuters | June 26, 2019 | 9:10 am

Sibanye-Stillwater to sell majority stake in Canadian PGM-copper project

Local exploration and development junior, Generation Mining, will earn a…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 26, 2019 | 3:55 am

Palladium takes (some) shine off gold price rally

If you'd put your money in palladium at the start…

Frik Els | June 25, 2019 | 4:24 pm

Worst year for US mining jobs since 1986

12 straight months of losses see 129,000 positions eliminated, the deepest jobs cuts in 29 years and the third worst annual decline since 1939.

Frik Els | January 8, 2016 | 2:21 pm

Asteroid miner 3D-prints spacecraft prototype with alien metal

What Planetary Resources' 3D-printed model so impressive is the fact that it’s made entirely out of metal that’s not from Earth.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 8, 2016 | 5:55 am

Veteran investor Rick Rule reveals a unique arbitrage opportunity

Rick praises innovative precious metals streams on base metal projects and one Canadian company that is adding value and being rewarded for it.

The Gold Report | January 4, 2016 | 3:21 am

Mining in 2016: Six reasons to be cheerful

No 3: "The return of inflation could revive demand for hedges including commodities, with gold in particular likely to benefit."

Frik Els | December 24, 2015 | 10:58 am

You’re too bearish on China growth

Beijing has very ambitious 2020 growth targets. A new survey finds Chinese executives are much more confident than the rest of the world about hitting them.

Frik Els | December 23, 2015 | 5:47 am

Some think not too soon for Anglo obituary

Anglo-American perceived as "the most likely of the diversified mining majors to go bust" even if it "goes down fighting".

Frik Els | December 11, 2015 | 11:44 am

In January this guy launches a hedge fund to invest in metals

Orion's Oskar Lewnowski: "For a long time, metals were driven by financial flows... With those guys out, we are back to fundamentals."

Frik Els | December 8, 2015 | 3:58 pm

Anglo American to cut 85,000 jobs, dividend and assets in sweeping restructuring

The job cuts, part of a major overhaul, are far greater than the 53,000 positions the miner said it would cut in July.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 8, 2015 | 7:54 am

Anglo American set to announce dividend cut next week

One of the miner’s worst kept secret may be revealed as soon as Tuesday.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 4, 2015 | 9:01 am

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