Don’t bet on platinum miners boosting supply on price surge
Prices for platinum, palladium and rhodium have all gained in recent months, boosting earnings for miners in top supplier South Africa.
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Antofagasta to stay put on dividend policy but will return cash to shareholders
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Freeport plans no dividend hikes, M&A for 2 years to focus on Grasberg – CEO
Freeport-McMoRan plans no dividend raises, acquisitions or debt buybacks over the next two years.
World’s biggest platinum miner braces for tough wage talks
The largest union in the platinum industry wants its members to share the benefits of higher prices.
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Purepoint completes initial fieldwork at Hook Lake
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Rio Tinto to join World Bank’s green mining program
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Indonesian gold miner Amman is said to consider $600m IPO
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Best argument for gold standard is Trump himself
Today’s case for the gold standard is based on the view that these recent decades of good fiat money management are a historical outlier and cannot be sustained.
