February 28, 2019 Fatality at Essakane The incident occurred at the end of the night shift and during the operation of the contractor haul truck on site.
February 28, 2019 South African court orders miners’ union to suspend planned industry-wide strike The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has been on strike at Sibanye-Stillwater's gold operations since mid-November.
February 28, 2019 Platinum miners win reprieve as South Africa strike delayed The threat of disruption has helped boost platinum and palladium prices this week.
February 28, 2019 Junkyard palladium growing as an answer to disappearing resource Recyclers can recover about 90 percent of the metal from catalytic converters in junked cars for a fraction of the cost of mining it.
February 28, 2019 Exyn Technologies introduces robots into Dundee Precious Metals’ gold mines The tech company introduced its A3Rs robots which comprise a fully autonomous aerial system for data collection in GPS-denied environments.
February 28, 2019 Barrick, Newmont step up game to sway top investors Barrick forecasts over $7 billion in pre-tax savings over 20 years, based on net present value — $4.7 billion of which will come from Nevada.
February 27, 2019 World’s biggest platinum miners ask court to block strike “We are of the view that AMCU is not acting in the best interests of workers, or the industry”- Anglo American Plc
February 27, 2019 Eskom’s Molefe ‘stonewalled’ Glencore ex-CEO says Nedbank Ltd. estimates that corruption, maladministration and bad policies shaved $33.9 billion off the nation’s GDP between May 2014 and February 2018.
February 27, 2019 Codelco to kick off Chuquicamata underground by mid-year Codelco's second largest copper operation by size is expected to fully transition to underground block cave mining this year.
February 26, 2019 Nornickel expects bigger palladium supply deficit in 2019 The global palladium market deficit is forecast at 800,000 ounces compared with 600,000 ounces in 2018.
Polish recycler bets millions on Europe’s critical metals push Elemental Group plans to build a copper smelting and refining facility, taking up two-thirds of an $800 million investment. January 14, 2026 | 07:15 am
