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25 Mar 2010 Iridium  ►  Jubilee Platinum to advance its Tjate project
Jubilee announced it has engaged Snowden Mining Industry Consultants ("Snowden") following a multi-company tender to manage the engineering, financial and environmental assessment of the Tjate... more 
16 Mar 2010   Copper and platinum ETFs launched
The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today announced that First Trust Advisors L.P. has launched two new exchange traded funds (ETFs) based on ISE's newest proprietary sector indexes, the ISE... more 
10 Mar 2010   Platinum Australia restarts platinum-palladium-rhodium mine
Platinum Australia says underground mining operations were restarted at its Smokey Hills Mine in South Africa on Monday (March 8) following an industrial dispute... more 
9 Feb 2010   Platinum potential
There are quite a few precious metals – gold, silver, platinum, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium, osmium and iridium – with the first four being the most known. Gold is the most traded, silver is the... more 
7 Feb 2010   PGE gains momentum in India
"There is enough scope for exploration of Platinum group elements (PGE) in the country due to their extensive utility in high technology applications and commercial use," said Dr V Balaram of... more 
14 Jan 2010   Nortec receives positive metallurgical results from LK PGE+gold-copper-nickel project
Nortec Minerals Corp. is announcing that it has received positive metallurgical test results from representative core samples taken from the Kaukua Main Zone ("K-MZ") within the LK... more 
4 Jun 2009   Jubilee Platinum: Tjate resource statement
Jubilee is pleased to announce the results of a recently completed independent SAMREC compliant mineral resource statement by The Mineral Corporation Ltd for the 'First mine' area on its 63% owned... more 
10 Mar 2009   PLA Interims: Smokey Hills plant expected to reach 60,000t/month design capacity in June quarter
• First Of Six Adits Underway To Access Underground Areas Of Mine... more 
10 Feb 2009   UK's Metalloyd finds partner to enter nonferrous market
The company's new partnership with the ReubenBrothers will see Metalloyd expand its capabilities in the steel and iron ore markets while bringing the Reuben Brothers' significant experience in... more 
21 Nov 2007   PLA begins updated feasibility study on Panton pgm project
• Company’s Third In Rank Project To Be Stand Alone Development... more 
31 Oct 2007   Global Gold closes Chilean JV acquisition at Valdivia; Plans to commence production in 1H '08
Options two additional mining properties at Ipun and Chiloe Islands in Chile with the same partner... more 
25 Oct 2007   Comdaq to launch ruthenium and iridium benchmarks
Comdaq Metals Ltd. is starting a benchmark for trading ruthenium and iridium the company announced last week... more 
26 Jul 2007   Pilanesberg project gets go-ahead, smelter and JSE listing on radar
The board of London- and Toronto-listed Platmin has given the go-ahead for the construction of the R1.67-billion Pilanesberg platinum-group metals (PGM) project... more 
2 Apr 2007   Platinum group metal exploration roundup
2 April 2007 – March has seen a number of discoveries of platinum group metals (pgms) away from the traditional regions in Africa, with exploration firms in the Americas and Australia also reporting... more 
22 Mar 2007   Comdaq to launch online PGMs trading
Platinum group metals broker Comdaq Metals Limited is to launch an online PGMs trading platform that will go live on March 28, the company said Thursday... more 
  Ridge Mining may sell stake in Sheba Ni-Pt project to Zijin
Ridge Mining may sell a stake in its $700m Sheba's Ridge nickel and platinum project to Zijin Mining, the Chinese firm which owns about 20% of the UK firm's listed shares... more 
  Ridge Mining revises revenue forecast on ruthenium prices
London-listed Ridge Mining has scaled up the production forecast at its Blue Ridge project, in South Africa, and said on Thursday that it expected an additional $10-million in revenue a year from... more 
31 Jan 2007   Platinum Australia extends Kalplats' deposits
First resource definition drilling results extend mineralisation in two of main deposits at PLA's Kalplats project... more 
19 May 2006   Rhodium hits highest level since 1991
Free market prices were indicated at $ 6,150/$6,250 an ounce on Friday, having climbed from last week's levels of $5,300/5,400... more 
3 Apr 2006   Iridium at highest level since July 2002
Spot iridium, a minor platinum-group metal (PGM) used in chemicals and electronics, was last quoted at $300/320 an ounce on Friday, up some $50 from a week ago – the highest since July 2002... more