November 14, 2023

Zimbabwe platinum miners ask government to defer export tax

Miners have asked the government to defer its planned 5% export tax on concentrates.

November 10, 2023

UK sanctions on Russian plant send jitters through palladium

Britain on Wednesday announced sanctions on Krastsvetmet, the main refinery used by top palladium producer Norilsk Nickel.

November 7, 2023

Impala Platinum starts voluntary job cuts at South Africa mines

The price for palladium has plunged nearly 40% so far this year while primary metal platinum is down 14%.

November 6, 2023

Zimbabwean miners set for big profit slump next year – report

Last year Zimbabwe tripled the royalties platinum miners must pay the government to 7% and more than doubled those for lithium to 5%.

November 6, 2023

New theory aims to explain how gold, platinum deposits formed on earth’s mantle

The new theory centers around a thin, "transient" region of the mantle, where its shallow part melts and its deeper part remains solid.

November 2, 2023

Sibanye-Stillwater eyes cuts at US mines on weak palladium prices

It warned of further changes at its palladium mines in the US as prices for the main PGMs have fallen faster than it anticipated.

October 31, 2023

Impala Platinum to cut spending after metal price decline

Platinum prices are down about 15% so far in 2023.

October 30, 2023

Ottawa’s interim plan to regulate large resource projects causing confusion for Ring of Fire stakeholders

The Supreme Court said earlier this month that the federal government’s broad-based environmental reviews around large mines and major infrastructure associated are unconstitutional.

October 25, 2023

Over 4,000 jobs on the line with Sibanye-Stillwater’s latest restructuring

Announcement comes barely six weeks after the company kicked off a similar process at one of its South African gold mines.

October 24, 2023

Amplats Q3 refined PGM output down 9%, maintains production guidance

The world's biggest platinum miner by value produced 909,700 ounces of refined PGMs in the three months to Sept. 30.