March 20, 2017 CHARTS: Hedge funds turn commodity bears at record pace Large-scale futures speculators sour on commodity sector in a big way – bullish bets on gold price cut by nearly 50%, most since 2015.
March 9, 2017 Dieselgate hasn’t hurt platinum price Strong ETF inflows, rising autocatalyst demand despite Volkswagen emission scandal combined with falling mine supply to boost platinum price says new study.
March 3, 2017 Stillwater Mining takeover needs more study US Foreign Investment Committee scrutinizing South African gold miner's $2.2 billion offer for the only US platinum, palladium producer.
February 23, 2017 Mining exploration spending drops to 11-year low Miners and explorers are only spending a third of what they did four years ago – and proportion of greenfield exploration are at record lows.
February 22, 2017 Toyota’s new technology a blow for platinum, palladium price World's top carmaker says first vehicles using new catalyst technology that reduces PGM loads by 20% will leave assembly line later this year.
February 22, 2017 Anglo American not selling assets any more as it returns to profit The world's number five diversified miner posted its first annual net profit in five years.
February 2, 2017 CHART: Mining rally continues into 2017 Seaborne coal, tin prices are the big exceptions.
February 2, 2017 South African judge clears path for Ivanhoe Mines’ Platreef mine development Judge revoked an interim order that prevented the company from relocating graves present at its Platreef platinum group metals mine, in Limpopo Province.
January 31, 2017 Moon Express ready for first private lunar trip after raising another $20M The private space exploration firm has enough money to hit the moon by the end of 2017.
January 27, 2017 The silver lining of the ‘violent, stunning, historic collapse of palladium’ and how to profit from it Chen Lin, author of the popular newsletter What Is Chen Buying, What Is Chen Selling?, explains what happened and how investors can profit from the drop.
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