August 5, 2021

Nornickel triples earnings as metals prices offset output dip

Company revenue in the six months to June 30 rose 33% year on year to $8.9 billion.

July 26, 2021

Amplats H1 earnings soar, declares record dividend

South African miner posted a near 7-fold increase in half-year earnings.

July 23, 2021

Rerating: Top 50 stage.mining.companies double in value from covid low

MINING.COM’s ranking of the world’s 50 most valuable mining stocks marched to a new high of $1.47 trillion at the end of the second quarter.

July 22, 2021

Generation Mining maintains majority control of Marathon project

Sibanye-Stillwater has elected not to exercise its right to take up 51% ownership of the project.

July 8, 2021

South Africa says mine deaths rose 33% in the first half 2021

South Africa's mines recorded 32 deaths in the first half of 2021 compared with 24 during the same period in 2020.

June 23, 2021

Rusal to get $1.4bn from Nornickel share buyback

Nornickel said on Wednesday it is buying 3.4% of its shares for $2 billion to compensate for a smaller recent dividend.

June 21, 2021

Russian billionaire Potanin will not join in Nornickel buyback

Potanin owns a 34.6% stake in Nornickel, which plans to buy up to 3.4% of its shares for $2-billion.

June 17, 2021

Commodities set for worst week since start of pandemic

Metals markets hurt by double whammy from the US Federal Reserve and China's Strategic Reserves.

June 9, 2021

Palladium is set to get even more expensive

The metal used in catalytic converters hit an all-time high of more than $3,018 an ounce in May and is still more than $900 more expensive than gold.

June 4, 2021

Nornickel resumes mining at Taimyrsky after flooding

The underground mine is currently running at 40% of its capacity and is on track to return to full capacity by the end of June.