March 31, 2021

Fund bets $7.4bn on sustaining platinum price rally

After being in the doldrums for a decade, South Africa’s platinum miners are increasing payouts as they reap windfall profits from near-record prices.

March 30, 2021

Nornickel expects full production at Oktyabrsky mine in first half of May

Production at the Taimyrsky mine, which has also been affected by water, would begin in June.

March 29, 2021

Rusal open for talks over Nornickel dividend

The board of directors at Nornickel, in which Rusal holds a 27.8% stake, will discuss its 2030 investment strategy and dividend guidelines on March 29.

March 29, 2021

Nornickel stops water inflows at two Arctic mines

The Oktyabrsky and Taymirskiy mines account for 36% of ore mined by the company in Russia.

March 26, 2021

One ultra-rare metal is doing much better than Bitcoin this year

Iridium, one of the rarest precious metals and mined as a byproduct of platinum and palladium, has surged 131% since the start of January.

March 24, 2021

Northam Platinum winds up Zambezi Black economic deal

The company said that it would buy back all preference shares from its Black economic empowerment vehicle, Zambezi Platinum, four years ahead of its 10-year maturation date.

March 24, 2021

Shareholder proposes Nornickel dividend policy changes, Interfax says

Group also proposed minimizing Nornickel's final dividend payment for 2020.

March 23, 2021

Exploration boom in West Africa challenged by lack of services — report

Higher metal prices and the need to meet a growing global demand for metals has triggered an exploration and expansion frenzy in the region.

March 23, 2021

Nornickel to cut emissions in Russia’s border region with Norway, Finland

Company has shut down a metallurgical processing facility in Russia’s border region which had been the area’s main source of sulphur dioxide emissions.

March 19, 2021

Northam Platinum sets out five-year output growth plan after profit bonanza

Northam said the dollar basket price of the main minerals it mines surged by nearly 50%.