Precious metals producer Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) has teamed up with metals trader and recycling company Heraeus Precious Metals to explore new uses for platinum group metals (PGM), particularly…
Anglo American Platinum (JSE: AMS) announced on Wednesday that its first female chief executive officer, Natascha Viljoen, is leaving the miner after three years to join Newmont Mining (TSX: NGT;…
The rise in the electric vehicle (EV) market share of the car industry is fuelling demand for the metals used in the lithium-ion batteries that power them. However, current lithium-ion…
As the world pivots towards a green energy transition in the fight against climate change, Africa faces a generational opportunity to create new supply chains drawing upon its ‘Aladdin’s cave’-like…
Lion Battery Technologies is pushing forward with plans to develop lithium-ion batteries that use platinum and palladium to enhance battery performance. The company was formed as a joint venture between Platinum…
Anglo American Platinum, also known as Amplats, has temporarily shut down its Anglo converter plant, declared force majeure, and cut its 2020 output. The South African miner, the world’s top…
Platinum Group Metals (TSX: PTM) tabled its definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the Waterberg platinum group metals (PGM) project in South Africa’s Bushveld Complex outlining a boost in palladium, platinum,…
In less than a month, South African miner Sibanye Gold (NYSE: SBGL) has announced two acquisitions that will make it a big player in the platinum market, and the fifth-largest PGM producer in the world.
VANCOUVER — An agreement in principle looks set to end the longest strike in South Africa’s mining history, 21 weeks after more than 70,000 platinum miners walked off the job demanding a near tripling of wages.
VANCOUVER — It has been a busy start to the year for Saskatoon-based rare earth outfit Great Western Minerals (GWG-V) and its past-producing Steenkampskraal project, 350 km north of Cape Town, South Africa. The company kicked off 2013…
VANCOUVER — With the US$5.1-billion hostile takeover of Toronto-based Inmet Mining (IMN-T) by larger-cap peer First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) looking all but wrapped up, it’s an opportune time to take a look at the shifting…
VANCOUVER — With 10 drill holes, McEwen Mining (MUX-T, MUX-N) has boosted the copper resource at its Los Azules project in Argentina by 20% compared to the last estimate just eight months ago, and the huge deposit remains open in every…
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