Maximising chrome will pay off for Southern Palladium’s Bengwenyama
LATEST test work from Southern Palladium’s Bengwenyama project is showing that it can extract more chrome concentrate from the UG2 reef than originally expected,...
Valterra normalizes quarterly production after last year’s flooding
VALTERRA Platinum’s first quarter production benefited from comparisons with a year ago, when its second biggest mine, Amandelbult, was hit by flooding. The numbers...
Implats weighs platinum growth projects in Zimbabwe
NO sector does a corporate faceplant quite like mining; tales of projects gone awry are legion.
One from Zimbabwe involves BHP's 10-year odyssey of misspend...
Silver market ripe for another price squeeze – report
THE silver market could see another sharp price squeeze, with six consecutive years of supply deficits and depleted stockpiles leaving the market vulnerable to...
Tharisa navigates tricky quarter thanks to resilient PGMs
A DECLINE in grade hampered platinum group metal recoveries in a traditionally hazardous second quarter for Tharisa. However, an $800 per ounce gain in...
SA platinum exports surge but miners face war inflation
THERE was a 13% increase in platinum group metal exports in the first two months of this year, said Swiss bank UBS in a...
US, European funders in mix for Tharisa’s Karo project
THARISA is in talks with North American and European government-backed lenders to help finance the outstanding $300m of its Karo platinum group metals project...
Nornickel bets on AI to find palladium uses
NORILSK Nickel is deploying artificial intelligence as part of a $100m push to develop new applications for palladium, as electric vehicles threaten to erode...
Platinum is back. So why are its miners shunning growth?
WHAT a difference a year makes. In April 2025 the atmosphere at the PGMs Industry Day conference was sombre, with PGM prices still at...
Sibanye-Stillwater welcomes new US tariff on Russian palladium
SIBANYE-Stillwater said on Wednesday it welcomed proposed countervailing duties on Russia by the US Department of Commerce related to imports of unwrought palladium.
The department...