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.

November 2, 2022

New platinum, palladium catalyst able to deal with methane emissions for good

A new palladium and platinum catalyst is able to eliminate methane emissions from transport and other human activities.

November 1, 2022

Sibanye-Stillwater may cut thousands of jobs at gold mines in South Africa

The miner will enter into consultations with stakeholders, which could impact 1,959 employees and 465 contractors. 

October 28, 2022

Tharisa issues $50m bond for Zimbabwe platinum mine build

The bond, which is not rated, is the first issued on Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls Stock Exchange.

October 27, 2022

Ivanhoe awarded new exploration rights next to Platreef project on South Africa’s Bushveld Complex

The new exploration rights form a continuous block on the southwest border of Ivanhoe's existing Platreef mining rights at Turfspruit and Macalacaskop.