How analytics is transforming mining
After the excess investment and focus on production volume during the commodities supercycle, the new mantra of the mining sector is all about productivity.
Platinum Group Metals
Aberdeen shifts strategy and focus
For most of its corporate history, Aberdeen International (TSX: AAB) has taken minority, non-controlling equity stakes in mostly public junior mining companies, along with a small contingent of private companies.
Sibanye Gold dives headlong into platinum
In less than a month, South African miner Sibanye Gold (NYSE: SBGL) has announced two acquisitions that will make it a big player in the platinum market, and the fifth-largest PGM producer in the world.
Site visit: Wellgreen eyes revival under new management
DESTRUCTION BAY, YUKON – Roughly 30 km southeast from the small settlement of Destruction Bay along the Alaska Highway, which traces the picturesque shores of Kluane Lake in southwestern Yukon, lies Wellgreen Platinum’s (TSX: WG;…
North American Palladium emphasizes performance at LDI
North American Palladium (TSX: PDL; US-OTC: PALDF) has let go 44 workers at its Lac des Îles (LDI) palladium mine near Thunder Bay, Ont., due to weaker metal prices and a reduced milling schedule.
Scotiabank’s Mohr: Palladium ‘oversold’
Scotiabank economist and commodity specialist Patricia Mohr says palladium offers the greatest upside within the platinum group metals (PGMs) due to rising demand for car ownership in China and the central government’s wish to improve…
Ivanhoe sparks Laurentian-Limpopo partnership
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has partnered with Laurentian University in Sudbury and Limpopo University in South Africa to develop Limpopo’s geology department into a “centre of excellence in geosciences.”
Noront CEO outlines big plans for Ring of Fire
VANCOUVER — Noront Resources (TSXV: NOT; US-OTC: NOSOF) has emerged as a leader across the Ring of Fire region in the James Bay Lowlands of Northern Ontario, and it has a long-term plan in the works that it hopes will establish a…
Wallbridge lures Lonmin to Parkin project
South Africa-based Lonmin (LSE: LMI), one of the world’s largest primary producers of platinum group metals (PGMs), has signed an option agreement to earn a 50% initial interest in Wallbridge Mining’s (TSX: WM) four Parkin…
Stillwater retrenches in hopes of PGM recovery
VANCOUVER — Denver-based Stillwater Mining (TSX: SCW.U; NYSE: SWC) has made tough decisions in response to falling platinum group metal (PGM) prices, including layoffs and a focus on cost control that will hopefully better…
Friedland: Mining companies ‘priced for Armageddon’
VANCOUVER — Vanguard executive chairman of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) Robert Friedland took to the stage at the Sprott Natural Resource Symposium in Vancouver in late July, and delivered a talk about why he believes copper…
Editorial: Lonmin condemned in Marikana commission findings
The long-awaited report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Marikana mine massacre in Marikana, South Africa, has been released, and there’s plenty of finger pointing to go around.