January 26, 2023

South Africa’s blackouts threaten platinum supply in top miner

Output curbs could widen a global platinum shortage that Metals Focus forecasts to be the biggest in two decades in 2023.

January 24, 2023

Nornickel forecasts output drop in 2023 due to planned maintenance

Nickel and palladium production is expected to fall due to planned refurbishment at Nadezhda metallurgical plant.

January 23, 2023

Potanin says sanctions constrain Nornickel, force it to adjust strategy

Potanin was placed on a US sanctions list as part of wider measures targeting people close to Vladimir Putin.

January 19, 2023

Japanese thieves target Prius hybrids for platinum and palladium

Palladium prices spiked shortly after the invasion of Ukraine.

January 12, 2023

JPMorgan may move into precious metals clearing in Zurich

The lender may begin to offer to settle its clients’ trades using metal located in Zurich, according to people familiar with the matter.

January 10, 2023

Vale evaluates offers for $2.5 billion base metals unit

Vale Base Metals, to be based in the UK, will have nickel mines in Canada and Indonesia, copper mines in Brazil, and interests in cobalt and platinum group metals.

January 9, 2023

Top 50 mining companies in 2022: coal, lithium win big, China investors lose out

Commodity prices are always volatile, but in 2022 metal and mining markets reached new levels of turbulence, as the pandemic played out in China and the Ukraine war upended global…

January 3, 2023

Recession risks to weigh on precious metals prices, but weaker dollar would help — report

Depending on the direction for the dollar resulting from the Fed's actions, gold is likely to fall in range between $1,620/oz $1,920/oz.

December 30, 2022

Supreme dollar rules the roost in gold market

The US currency's climb to 20-year peaks this year eroded demand for dollar-priced bullion.

December 23, 2022

Triple Flag acquires royalty on polymetallic Thunder Bay North project

Triple Flag is acquiring up to a 2.5% NSR royalty for $15 million on the platinum, palladium, copper and nickel project.