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Precious metals firm is Britain’s most admired company

200-year old Johnson Matthey refines precious metals, manufactures autocatalysts and produces the platinum group metals industry's most watched research.

Frik Els | December 3, 2014 | 10:32 pm

Meet South Africa’s ‘gold slaves’

Illegal gold excavation and scrapping, worth about six billion rands per year (about US$550 million), is today the lifeblood of Johannesburg’s informal economy.

Equal Times | December 2, 2014 | 3:03 pm

Price fixing lawsuits come to platinum, palladium market

Goldman, BASF, HSBC and Standard Bank accused of front-running and spoof orders while in charge of the London PGM Fix since 1989.

Frik Els | November 26, 2014 | 11:39 pm

Police and protestors clash at Ivanhoe mine in South Africa

Locals were protesting the imminent construction of Platreef platinum mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 26, 2014 | 5:58 pm

Ivanhoe jumps on exploration results at African mine

The miner has hit exceptionally high-grade silver, zinc and copper at its Kipushi mine in the DRC.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 24, 2014 | 6:48 pm

Paul Wilson, CEO, World Platinum Investment Council: “We will help investors by providing better data on platinum”

The Council was launched by a group of six platinum producers in South Africa, in order to further develop the global market for platinum investment.

Sprott's Thoughts | November 21, 2014 | 6:10 pm

Resource titan, Robert Friedland on the future of Platreef

After the Toronto Stock Exchange rang the closing bell today, Ivanhoe Mines (IVN.TSX) announced they were resuming development work on Platreef, their 75.7 million ounce (Indicated + Inferred) platinum-gold-nickel-copper project in South Africa.

Travis McPherson - CEO.ca | November 19, 2014 | 1:31 pm

Ivanhoe OK to build one of world’s biggest platinum mines

South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources has finally approved the miner's Platreef platinum project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 5, 2014 | 4:03 pm

JPMorgan not leaving physical commodities: report

The U.S. largest bank still plans to perform"traditional” activities in commodities such as financing, hedging, trading warrants on the London Metal Exchange and the vaulting of precious metals.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 3, 2014 | 6:16 pm

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