July 6, 2021 Iconic South African mines ravaged economy’s unlikely savior Surging demand and prices for commodities including platinum-group metals, iron ore, manganese and coal are generating record mining-company profits and bolstering government revenue.
June 18, 2021 Anglo commits to provide eDNA data to protect biodiversity Anglo American has become the first mining company to subscribe to the IUCN’s eBioAtlas.
June 4, 2021 Nornickel resumes mining at Taimyrsky after flooding The underground mine is currently running at 40% of its capacity and is on track to return to full capacity by the end of June.
June 3, 2021 Russian banks to finance $7.8bn Siberia platinum mine Russian banks VTB and VEB will provide Russian Platinum with financing for the development of the Chernogorskoye platinum group metals deposit.
June 1, 2021 Australia’s Wyloo proposes ‘future metals hub’ for Ontario It plans to invest C$25 million in studies that will look at the potential to create a local battery metals supply chain in the province.
June 1, 2021 Sibanye-Stillwater to buy back up to 5% of shares Sibanye reported a 78% increase in first-quarter core profit last month, on the back of higher prices for metals, including gold, platinum, palladium and rhodium.
May 31, 2021 Zimbabwe threatens to seize platinum concession from Eurasian Resource affiliate Todal Mining's concessions could be seized because no progress has been made in developing them.
May 25, 2021 Forrest’s Wyloo Metals plans takeover offer for Noront Resources, stock surges Noront is developing nickel, copper, chrome and platinum projects in Ontario's Ring of Fire region.
May 25, 2021 Nornickel hires new production chief Company has hired Sergey Stepanov, former CEO at titanium producer VSMPO, as senior vice president in charge of production.
May 18, 2021 South African platinum rebound to push market into surplus, says Johnson Matthey A wall of platinum production from South Africa coming back online following covid-19 disruptions is expected to offset demand growth this year and push the market into surplus territory, new…
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