Platinum history in a nutshell
Platinum has just soared in a particular way. Platinum price is up severely after rallying sharply last week. All this
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AngloGold Ashanti to sell the Mineração Serra Grande Mine
AngloGold Ashanti has agreed to sell its interest in Mineração Serra Grande mine (“MSG”) located in the state of Goiás,
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Indonesia to challenge Australia’s dominance over alumina supply in Asia
China has successfully extracted and expanded its nickel operation in Indonesia. Investments are usually tied with knowledge-transfer, jobs and the
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US cannot produce its own rare earths
The US has one operational rare earths mine, but it does not have the capacity to separate heavy rare earths
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Sibanye Stillwater: Keliber lithium project is well advanced
The completion of the construction/development stage of the Keliber lithium project is well advanced, with hot commissioning of the refinery
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Are silver and platinum the metals to watch?
As it remains a critical monetary asset in global financial markets, Gold continues to receive considerable attention. Though, all the
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Refratechnik celebrates its 75 anniversary
Proudly, Refratechnik celebrates its 75th anniversary with sincere thanks to all business partners and employees. What began in 1950 with
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Sibanye Stillwater: US PGM recycling operations drop by 13%
The US PGM recycling operations fed an average of 9.3 tonnes per day (tpd) of spent autocatalyst material for Q1
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Outlook for the green metals sector in Africa
The dependency of clean technologies on green metals indicates that demand for these resources will increase significantly in the medium
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TIN: New water-based batteries show promise
A new water-based tin battery technology is emerging as a simple but effective approach to storing energy. Technically known as
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Sibanye Stillwater: US PGM operations successfully restructured
The restructuring undertaken by the US PGM operations during Q4 2024 for an extended low PGM price environment, was efficiently
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China is dominant in titanium supply
The countries with the highest production of primary titanium minerals, ilmenite and rutile, are China (34%), Mozambique (17.5%) and South Africa, while
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SMS supplies open-die forging press to increase production capacity
Huzhou Jiuli Yongxing High Performance Metals Co., Ltd., a joint venture subsidiary of Jiuli Hi-Tech, has placed an order with
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Rio Tinto to start production of New Zealand smelter
Rio Tinto will increase production at its New Zealand smelter later this month. Its New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) facility
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VANADIUM: A strategic metal caught between two markets
By 2033, vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) are projected to account for 17% of global vanadium use — a 6x increase from
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Barrick Completes Sale of 50% Interest in the Donlin Gold Project
Toronto – Barrick Mining Corporation has announced that it completed the divestiture of its 50% interest in the Donlin Gold
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Anglo American completes demerger of Anglo American Platinum
Anglo American plc announces that it has completed the demerger of c.51% of the Company’s interest in the platinum group
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Rio Tinto to increase Amrun mine’s bauxite production in Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia – Rio Tinto will begin early works and conduct final engineering studies to increase production capacity at the
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Aluminium tariffs put pressure on tinplate market
Tin prices have fluctuated over the past week amid speculation about a potential restart of operations in Wa, Myanmar. The
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Sibanye Stillwater gold: Ore pass blockages impacted production
Gold production from the SA gold operations (excluding DRDGOLD) of 3,297kg (106,001oz) for Q1 2025 was 15% lower than for
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Aluminium Dunkerque installs €13 million recycling furnace
Aluminium Dunkerque has inaugurated a melting furnace dedicated to aluminium recycling. It said its €13 million furnace 8 will allow
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Technological progress offers prospect of faster hydrogen deployment
One of the challenges facing the expansion of hydrogen supply infrastructure is the need for hydrogen dispensers that can refuel
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Impala Refining Services: Production down due lower concentrate deliveries
Concentrate receipts were impacted by lower deliveries from managed and JV operations, which offset the benefit of higher receipts from
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Century Zinc produced 51% more of payable zinc
Sibanye Stillwater’s Century Zinc operation delivered a strong operational performance for Q1 2025, with resilience measures effectively reducing the wet
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Ramping up critical mineral production in the US, titanium prioritized
In 2025, the US Department of Defense (DoD) awarded IperionX US$47.1 million in funding to develop a fully-integrated domestic mineral-to-metal titanium supply
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Alphamin revises production guidance to 17,500 tonnes
Alphamin Resources has revised down its guidance for production at its Bisie tin mine in eastern DR Congo on production
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Sibanye Stillwater: Rustenburg operation produced 1% more PGM
4E PGM production from the Rustenburg operation for Q1 2025 of 199,591 4Eoz, was 1% higher year-on-year with underground production
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Zimplats negatively impacted, Impala Canada concentrate 5% lower
Quarter ended 31 March 2025 – Mined and milled volumes continued to be negatively impacted by the availability and performance
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Sibanye Stillwater: SA PGM operations deliver consistent performance
The SA PGM operations delivered another consistent performance with 4E PGM production (including attributable production from Mimosa and excluding third
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ENDEAVOUR reports FY-2025 guidance on track
London – Endeavour Mining has announced its operating and financial results for Q1-2025, with highlights provided below. OPERATING SUMMARY Ian
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