Wallbridge entices PGM miners to Sudbury
Wallbridge Mining (WM-T) is locking up deals with big platinum players in a bid to prove up its projects while minimizing shareholder dilution.
Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats)
Canadian Platinum Group scores South African mine permit
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based Platinum Group Metals (PTM-T, PLG-X) is looking to fill a gap in mid-term platinum group metals (PGM) supply. With a mine permit now in hand for its Western Bushveld joint-venture-platinum project, the company…
Nationalization agendas will take a bite out of industry revenues
Vancouver— Indonesia’s new indigenization legislation aimed at foreign mining companies opens another chapter in a resource-nationalization saga amongst developing countries.
Implats faces violence in South Africa, threat of losing assets in Zimbabwe
Tensions remain high at the world’s largest platinum mine, as a second miner has been killed and strike action continues for a fifth week.
Technical Analysis Report: platinum
Along with the nascent global economic recovery there has been renewed interest in platinum, largely due to the metal’s crucial role in auto manufacturing.
Technical Analysis Report: Platinum
Along with the nascent global economic recovery there has been renewed interest in platinum, largely thanks to…
Mugabe’s shadow looms over Zim miners
The debacle that is the recent election in Zimbabwe is spilling over into the country’s already weakened mining industry.
Platinum price volatile as South African power crisis continues
VANCOUVER — Broken generators and cold, wet weather are once again threatening operations at South African mines and forcing the country’s residents to endure rolling blackouts.
Platinum volatile as South African power crisis continues
Vancouver – Broken generators and cold, wet weather are once again threatening operations at South African mines an…
Staking continues apace in ‘Ring of Fire’
The Noront Resources (NOT-V, NOSOF-O) base metal discovery has spawned a staking rush in the swampy lowlands of northeastern Ontario, just southwest of James Bay. As of mid-February, juniors had stake…
South African power crisis shuts down mines (February 04, 2008)
Vancouver — A nationwide energy crunch in South Africa has hit the country’s powerful mining sector hard, with major gold, platinum and diamond producers suspending operations as a precautionary meas…
South African power crisis shuts down mines (January 25, 2008)
Vancouver – A nationwide energy crunch in South Africa has hit the country’s powerful mining sector hard with its m…