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North American Palladium & the growing demand for PGMs

North American Palladium hit a new 52-week high of $7.62 so far this week, in part because the market has gone gaga for all things palladium. The company's shares had been showing support around $6.69 and resistance in the $7.45 range, but investors continue to push palladium-minded stocks higher in the belief that growing demand for PGMs, or platinum group metals, will continue to be ramped up.

MINING.com Editor | January 13, 2011 | 9:20 pm

Inmet, Lundin agree to C$9bn merger into Symterra

Two Canadian miners, Inmet and Lundin, have agreed to an all-share merger that will create Canada’s second largest base and industrial metals […]

MINING.com Editor | January 13, 2011 | 8:29 pm

Rio Tinto Digs Deeper Into Africa

Feature article from the Wall Street Journal: Rio Tinto has prided itself on the fact that more than 80% of its assets […]

MINING.com Editor | January 13, 2011 | 8:22 pm

Canada Lithium arranges $110-M toward Quebec project

Toronto’s Canada Lithium is arranging a $110-million bought deal financing that is earmarked for partial development of its Quebec lithium mine 60 […]

MINING.com Editor | January 13, 2011 | 8:17 pm

Goldcorp sets record at 2.52M oz

Goldcorp set a gold production record in 2010 at 2.52 million oz, including 686,300 oz in Q4, Canadian Mining Journal reports. Cash […]

MINING.com Editor | January 13, 2011 | 8:10 pm

Environmental assessment begins for Ajax copper-gold mine

The environmental review has begun for the proposed Ajax copper-gold mine 10 km southwest of Kamloops, BC, Canada. The project is being […]

MINING.com Editor | January 13, 2011 | 8:05 pm

Hydrometallurgical process is eco-friendly

Eco Refractory Solutions has tested its hydrometallurgical process for refractory gold ores for a second client, Canadian Mining Journal reports. The company […]

MINING.com Editor | January 13, 2011 | 8:03 pm

Australia coal losses mount

Australia’s devastating floods could remove 5 percent or more of steelmaking coal from world markets, a major bank estimated on Wednesday, as […]

MINING.com Editor | January 13, 2011 | 7:54 pm

Rio declares force majeure on Boyne aluminium

Premiums for spot primary aluminium in Asia are unlikely to rise after Rio Tinto declared force majeure on shipments from its Boyne […]

MINING.com Editor | January 13, 2011 | 7:49 pm

Chile’s Codelco to invest $16bn 2011-2015

Chile’s state copper giant Codelco will invest over $16-billion between 2011-2015 and expects copper prices to remain strong in the long-term, the […]

MINING.com Editor | January 13, 2011 | 7:13 pm