September 16, 2021 Platinum-group prices are being hammered by the chip shortage The shortage of semiconductors is clobbering the price of platinum-group metals as investors brace for a long-lasting hit to car production.
September 13, 2021 Scientists working on autonomous swarms of robots to mine the Moon NASA has granted a research team from the University of Arizona $500,000 to develop robots able to mine, excavate and even build simple structures on the Moon's surface.
September 13, 2021 New type of catalyst may help protect supply of precious metals – study Researchers high demand for catalysts means that global supplies of gold, platinum and palladium are become rapidly depleted
September 10, 2021 Palladium price lowest since August 2020 on automaker demand concerns The World Platinum Investment Council said this week that it expects higher costs of palladium, used in vehicle pollution-control devices, to spur a gradual switch by automakers to using more…
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August 12, 2021 Palladium’s rally threatened by automakers’ pivot to platinum Palladium has trounced its fellow major precious metals platinum and gold over the last few years.
August 12, 2021 Clean Air Metals reports PGM grades from Thunder Bay North project Hole CL21-004 from the Current Lake deposit infill program intersected 13 m grading 0.96 g/t palladium and 1.03 g/t platinum.
August 9, 2021 Gates-backed firm joins Bluejay on battery metals quest KoBold Metals, a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires, will pay $15m in exploration funding for Greenland project.
August 5, 2021 Nornickel triples earnings as metals prices offset output dip Company revenue in the six months to June 30 rose 33% year on year to $8.9 billion.
July 26, 2021 Amplats H1 earnings soar, declares record dividend South African miner posted a near 7-fold increase in half-year earnings.
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