May 21, 2014 Palladium price hits fresh highs: record deficit predicted Perfectly timed launch of palladium ETFs also play huge role in the PGM's 16% price jump in 2014 to within striking distance of all-time high.
May 18, 2014 Africa FDI at decade high Foreign direct investment is shifting from extractive industries to consumer-related sectors according to new report.
May 18, 2014 MIT developing platinum replacement A team of scientists is working on a process to replace platinum-group metals (PGMs) with more widely available elements.
May 16, 2014 World’s largest platinum mine to remain shut for months on S. Africa strike Impala Platinum (Implats) has lost about 246,000 ounces of production of the metal since the strike started,
May 15, 2014 Ivanhoe studies options for African projects facing funding crunch, shares plunge The Kamoa and Kipushi projects make up 83% of the Ivanhoe's net asset value.
May 14, 2014 Palladium price jumps to three-year high Platinum also soars over supply fears as deadly South African strikes drag on.
May 13, 2014 South African platinum strike talks going nowhere He added that the miners are demanding their wages to more than double, an increase the three companies say is unaffordable.
May 12, 2014 Lonmin profit hurt by platinum strike, two workers reportedly killed The the world’s third-largest platinum producer said first-half operating earnings have dropped by almost two-thirds.
May 9, 2014 Striking Implats miners to vote on wages; AMCU rejects latest offer The vote would involve miners who are willing to take part and inquire whether they wanted to return to work.
May 7, 2014 Putin punishes platinum, palladium prices Russia produces more than half of global palladium and Western sanctions were threatening supply, but Putin now appears to be taking a softer line.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
