Platinum Top Stories

Planetary Resources a step closer to mining asteroids with spacecraft launch

Data obtained from the Arkyd-6 will be use in the development of the Arkyd-301, Planetary Resources next spacecraft platform and the beginning of its space resource exploration program.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 12, 2018 | 9:29 am

Mining profits are super-charged and BlackRock wants to get paid

“A lot of investors were really badly burned, ourselves included.”

Bloomberg News | January 11, 2018 | 8:54 am

Amplats reaches deal with South African tribal leader in community fund row

Move aims to curb unrest around Anglo American's most profitable…

Reuters | January 9, 2018 | 2:58 am

CHARTS: Big mining’s surge in value shames tech giants

The mining cycle turned two years ago – gains for…

Frik Els | January 5, 2018 | 5:22 pm

Palladium touches 17-year high at $1,069.50

The metal most known for its use in car exhausts…

Andrew Topf | December 28, 2017 | 11:52 am

Strike shuts down Implats mine in South Africa

About 3,000 employees didn't report for work at the No. 14 shaft in Rustenburg.

Kerry Hall | June 4, 2013 | 11:36 pm

South Africa weighs peacekeeping force around mines

As the annual wage bargaining season begins, authorities fear the situation will get worse.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 4, 2013 | 4:08 pm

Glencore Xstrata fires 1,000 workers at South African chrome mines

For staging an illegal strike that started last week.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 3, 2013 | 5:18 pm

Miners strike at Lonmin mine in South Africa after worker shot dead

Today's death sparked fears of a repeat of last year’s violent unrest that left dozens of deaths and effectively shut down the country's platinum belt.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 3, 2013 | 12:02 pm

Zimbabwe to reverse ‘outrageous’ mining fees

Zimbabwe's law allow ministers to pass regulations that do not need to be approved by Parliament first, but within two months the Parliamentary Legal Committee has to make a ruling on their constitutionality.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 31, 2013 | 3:40 pm