November 27, 2022 UK, South Africa seek deeper cooperation on critical minerals London and Pretoria announced a partnership to promote the responsible exploration and production of critical minerals in South Africa.
November 23, 2022 Birthplace of gold-rich stars finally revealed Researchers have revealed the birthplace of stars with an abundance of gold and platinum.
November 21, 2022 Platinum deficit expected in 2023 after bumper surpluses, WPIC says Use by auto makers would rise and investors would flip from net sellers to net buyers, pushing demand in 2023 up 19% to 7.77 million ounces, the Council said.
November 17, 2022 South Africa’s PIC won’t sell stake key to platinum takeover battle South Africa’s Public Investment Corp. said it’s decided against selling its shares in Royal Bafokeng Platinum Ltd.
November 16, 2022 South Africa’s competition tribunal approves Impala-RB Platinum merger The tribunal said the conditions include Impala honouring its current contracts and securing commercial terms for the renewal of contracts.
November 9, 2022 Northam steps up bidding war with formal offer for RBPlat Northam has presented a formal offer of 172.7 rand per share, escalating a takeover battle with bigger rival Impala Platinum.
November 8, 2022 Magna plans drilling at Denison nickel-copper project after ‘considerable’ resource estimate Magna is exploring the restart of a past-producing underground mine and adding an open-pit operation to the site, also known as Crean Hill.
November 8, 2022 Zimbabwe’s new mineral royalty policy comes into force The government plans to start collecting half of the royalties from gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, and lithium.
November 3, 2022 Economic slump nudges down platinum and palladium forecasts Prices of the two metals are largely unchanged from the start of the year.
November 2, 2022 US busts catalytic converter theft ring that extracted metals Metal thieves in search of platinum, rhodium and palladium have been stealing catalytic converters in ever-greater numbers, sending auto-insurance claims soaring across the country.
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
