March 4, 2012 Production resumes at Impala Platinum after six weeks wildcat strike Full production has resumed at the Impala Platinum Mine in Rustenburg, where workers had been on an illegal strike for six weeks.
March 3, 2012 Indians’ love affair with platinum was brief The Business Standard reports now that platinum trades more in line with the gold price, Indian jewellery buyers are moving back into gold.
March 2, 2012 New study says 66% of institutional investors choose Africa as number one destination. No wonder. Have you seen the size of that place? A new survey by The Economist Intelligence Unit finds when institutional investors interested in frontier markets were asked to choose two regions out of five, two-thirds see Africa – projected…
March 1, 2012 Platinum closing the gap on gold Platinum appears to be rapidly overhauling gold as its fundamentals improve as industry picks up coupled with African mine troubles and it looks set to re-establish its price premium in…
February 29, 2012 Jewelers want platinum for Asians after gold vaults Platinum is luring jewelers away from gold after investors’ purchases of bullion to escape market turmoil pushed prices to records.
February 24, 2012 Aquarius Platinum and Impala face Zimbabwe’s rejection to sell-off plans Shares in Aquarius Platinum Ltd. (LON, ASX: AQP), the fourth- largest producer of the metal, dropped 11% this morning in Johannesburg, the deepest decline since October 2008, after the company…
February 20, 2012 A new kind of hyperinflation: Zimbabwe hikes mining fees by as much as 8,000% The Zimbabwe Chamber of Mines says the government's hike of pre-exploration fees for the majority of minerals – by as much as 8,000% – together with increased royalty rates will…
February 15, 2012 Fatal accident at Bokoni VANCOUVER, Feb. 15, 2012 /CNW/ - Anooraq Resources Corporation ("Anooraq" or the "Company") (TSXV: ARQ; NYSE Amex: ANO; JSE: ARQ) announces with deep regret that an employee was fatally injured…
February 14, 2012 Vale resuming Sudbury operations, says no 2012 production impact Brazillian miner Vale SA said Tuesday it is gradually resuming mining at its underground nickel operations in Sudbury, Canada.
February 14, 2012 Fuel cell powered mine loco to be trialled at Anglo Platinum Discussed in depth in our forthcoming March 2012 issue, the use of rail in underground mining is still widespread. It is also not standing still in terms of new technology.…
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
