Wallbridge eyes producer status
It’s been a slow ride for Wallbridge Mining (WM-T), but one that has been picking up. With one spin out, another in the making and a project near production, the explorer is ready to change gears.
Platinum Group Metals
Lower Q2 production at Eastplats’ Crocodile
Eastern Platinum (elr-t) saw second quarter production from its main Crocodile River platinum group metals (PGM) mine in South Africa’s Bushveld Complex shrink by one third, due to labour issues that led to a strike at the mine in early May.
Glencore increases its bet on PolyMet
Glencore International (GLEN-L) is betting that PolyMet Mining’s (POM-T, PLM-X) NorthMet project in Minnesota has the stuff that profitable mines are made of. The giant metal trader and miner closed the latest round of a private placement that…
Wallbridge eyes producer’s status
Sudbury, Ont. – It’s been a slow ride for Wallbridge Mining (wm-t), but one that has been picking up. With one successful spin-out, another in the making and a project near production, the explorer is ready to change gears.
Peregrine Metals’ shares spike on acquisition news
Peregrine Metals (pgm-t) saw its shares surge more than 250% after U.S. platinum giant Stillwater Mining (swc-n) agreed to pay US$487.1 million for the junior and its large, yet undeveloped copper-gold project in Argentina.
Work disruptions continue on South Africa’s Bushveld
Disgruntled employees have once again disrupted mining operations on South Africa’s Bushveld Complex, with Platmin (PPN-T) being the latest target.
Work disruptions continue on South Africa’s Bushveld
Vancouver – Disgruntled employees have once again disrupted operations on South Africa’s Bushveld Complex, with Platmin (PPN-T) the latest target.
Eastplats stung by platinum price drop
A softening platinum market is taking a bite out of miners as companies face shrinking margins and production challenges, especially in South Africa’s prolific Bushveld complex, which accounts for 72% of global platinum output.The…
Ursa gets in the ring with Forbes & Manhattan
Struggling junior nickel miner Ursa Major Minerals (UMJ-T) has told Stan Bharti’s Forbes & Manhattan group to put up its dukes and prepare for a fight at the company’s annual general meeting of shareholders in Toronto on June 23.
Platinum Group Metals pushing forward on Western Bushveld (June 06, 2011)
In a sector dominated by old-school majors with ever-deepening mines, Platinum Group Metals (PTM-V, PLG-X) stands out as being anything but.
Pacific NW Capital drills PGMs at River Valley
Harry Barr grew up on a family farm in Ontario’s Ottawa Valley and studied agribusiness at Guelph University, but when his uncle Mel asked him to help run a placer gold mine in the jungles of Colombia, a future career in mining became set in…
Platinum Group Metals pushing forward on Western Bushveld (May 27, 2011)
Vancouver – In a sector dominated by old-school majors with ever-deepening mines, Platinum Group Metals (PTM-V, PLG-X) stands out as being anything but.