January 29, 2013

Amplats yields to pressure, delays overhaul

In a joint statement with the Department of Mineral Resources and unions, the miner has agreed to postpone any decision for 60 days.

January 28, 2013

Amplats in talks about decision on firing 14,000 workers and selling off mines

The world’s top platinum company is reportedly engaged in negotiations with union leaders and the government and it is expected to release a formal announcement on whether talks had succeeded…

January 25, 2013

Anglo American reports Q4 drops in iron ore and platinum production

Anglo's iron ore and platinum production dips in Q4

January 22, 2013

Wesizwe Platinum gets $650m Chinese loan

Junior platinum miner, Wesizwe Platinum, has received a $650 million loan from the China Development Bank for its Bakubung mine project in South Africa.

January 22, 2013

INFOGRAPHIC: Palladium’s supply and demand imbalance

Russia and South Africa will see decreases in production

January 22, 2013

Platinum Group’s Waterberg permit expansion granted; drills moved to shallow deposit edge

The Waterberg deposit has an initial resource of platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold.

January 18, 2013

STATS: China’s fixed investment in mining is putting the rest of the world to shame

Mining capex was up 12% to $211 billion last year.

January 16, 2013

The trillion dollar trick

"In reality, our government has been creating more than one trillion dollars out of thin air every year for the past five."

January 16, 2013

INFOGRAPHIC: Why asteroid mining can create a trillion-dollar industry

Space mining start-up Planetary Resources has put together quite the infographic to explain how asteroid mining will create a trillion-dollar industry.

January 15, 2013

U.S. debt ceiling: Platinum and gold are not the answer

Ridiculous platinum coins and the nation’s gold reserves appear to be off the table.