Platinum Top Stories

BHP’s high-stakes tilt for Anglo puts regulators in spotlight

The proposed $39 billion combination has more than enough components to trigger intense oversight by regulators concerned about implications for market concentration and access to key minerals.

Bloomberg News | May 3, 2024 | 4:56 am

BHP CEO flies to South Africa to push $39 billion takeover

BHP’s team aims to engage with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration…

Bloomberg News | May 2, 2024 | 5:02 am

Glencore takes 15.4% Stillwater Critical Minerals stake

Miner now owns stake of the Montana platinum group metals…

Henry Lazenby | May 1, 2024 | 2:05 pm

Anglo American takeover price needs to surpass £30/share, survey shows

Anglo American shares are trading 8.8% above the value of…

Bloomberg News | May 1, 2024 | 6:58 am

As BHP weighs firm bid for Anglo, investors fret over cherry-picking assets

BHP Group can't cherry-pick Anglo American assets without paying a…

Reuters | April 30, 2024 | 8:03 am

As price parity beckons, substitution from palladium to platinum to wane

The rate at which platinum is displacing palladium in the manufacture of autocatalysts is slowing due to the sister metals approaching price parity.

Reuters | January 16, 2024 | 9:23 am

Samsung SDI invests in Canada Nickel, has right to buy 10% of Crawford project

The South Korean battery maker can acquire a 10% equity interest in the Crawford project for $100.5 million.

Staff Writer | January 12, 2024 | 9:39 am

Platinum-palladium catalyst helps produce environmentally friendlier chemical feedstock

A new platinum-palladium-based catalyst allows for the manufacturing of propylene oxide without the toxic chemicals normally required for its production.

Staff Writer | January 12, 2024 | 6:06 am

Palladium price falls as concern EVs will destroy demand returns to the fore

Commodity analysts said technical factors also played a part.

Reuters | January 4, 2024 | 11:59 am

Agnico Eagle invests $17 million for 12% of Canada Nickel

Canada Nickel’s flagship project is the Crawford nickel sulphide deposit in Ontario.

Staff Writer | January 2, 2024 | 7:02 am

The biggest global mining news of 2023

A tumultuous year for the global mining industry: collapse of lithium prices, furious M&A activity, gold’s new record and state intervention in mining on a scale not seen in decades.

Frik Els | December 27, 2023 | 10:01 am