Platinum Group Metals Ltd

Nestled in a picturesque valley near this small western town, the Stillwater mine has long been known as North America’s only primary source of platinum and palladium, and the richest known deposit of…

Low nickel prices cut deep into Inco’s (N-T) sales revenue and pulled the major back into the red during the third quarter.For the three months ended Sept. 30, Inco lost US$24 million (or 18 cents per…

Stillwater Mining (SWC-X) is stepping up expansion plans at its namesake operation in southwestern Montana.The company had planned to boost platinum and palladium production to 1.3 million oz. per yea…

The notion, expressed by Kipling, that East is East and West is West is being increasingly challenged in today’s global economy. Indeed, the twain appear not only to be meeting but forming business de…

Despite robust prices for platinum group metals, profits have remained elusive at the Lac des les mine near Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada’s only primary platinum group metals producer.In the first six mo…

In the mid 1980s, the man who later undertook the great geological detective work that put Canada on the world diamond map, was in the deep south of New Zealand, in conditions as cold as, but a lot we…

First Australia and Indonesia, then New Caledonia, and now China. The list of countries vying to lure North American companies to explore and develop nickel deposits continues to grow, adding to fears…

Known more for mineral consumption than production, particularly in the case of gold, India is nonetheless becoming increasingly attractive to explorers, according to Kumara Rachamalla, president of M…

The Dow Jones Industrial average was up 168.90 points (or 1.9%) over the report period June 24-29 to close at 8,997.36 in pre-holiday trading.Mining issues were mixed, with a few more losers than gain…

Vancouver-based NovaWest Resources (NVE-V) will acquire a half-interest in the Grand Nord polymetallic prospect in northern Quebec. The remainder will be held by project operator Falconbridge (FL-T).I…

It used to be that only the powerful South African majors had any hope of holding ground in the Bushveld igneous complex of South Africa, the world’s largest repository of platinum group metals (PGMs)…

Trading in Dakota Mining has been halted on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) as a result of the company’s failure to file its annual financial statements.The Denver-based company has been battling ins…