December 1, 2022

Canada approves Marathon palladium mine environmental plan

Located 10 km from Marathon, Ontario, the mine is slated to produce 245,000 ounces of palladium annually over an estimated 13-year mine life.

November 2, 2022

US busts catalytic converter theft ring that extracted metals

Metal thieves in search of platinum, rhodium and palladium have been stealing catalytic converters in ever-greater numbers, sending auto-insurance claims soaring across the country.

October 28, 2022

RANKED: The world’s top 10 most valuable base and precious metal mines

Ranking is topped by a polymetallic mine in Russia’s arctic boasting ore with a value of nearly $900 billion at today’s prices.

October 27, 2022

Ivanhoe awarded new exploration rights next to Platreef project on South Africa’s Bushveld Complex

The new exploration rights form a continuous block on the southwest border of Ivanhoe's existing Platreef mining rights at Turfspruit and Macalacaskop.

October 18, 2022

Stillwater Critical enjoys ‘sweet spot’ in Montana’s Lower Stillwater PGMs Complex

Evaluation positions the company as the second-largest landholder in the Stillwater Complex, with a 100%-owned position next to Sibanye’s PGE mines.

October 6, 2022

USGS, NASA to map southwestern United States for critical mineral potential

With $16 million in funding from the Biden administration, portions of California, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah will be mapped for critical mineral potential.

September 28, 2022

Researchers push for using metals to treat infections

Two dozen highly active metal compounds containing cobalt, nickel, rhodium, palladium, silver, europium, iridium, platinum, molybdenum and gold can be used to treat fungal infections.

July 8, 2022

Top 50 mining stocks lose $600bn in market value from peak

After a brutal second quarter, investors in the world’s 50 biggest stage.mining.companies are in full retreat as metal prices slump and uncertainty grips the sector.     

June 24, 2022

Sibanye-Stillwater’s Montana mine to remain halted for 4-6 weeks

The Stillwater mine, which accounts for 60% of the company’s production in the US, may remain shut until August.

June 22, 2022

New device allows for production of chameleon metal

The inspiration behind this work is what the group sees as a major barrier to advancing technology: the short supply of rhodium and palladium, globally, and their high prices.