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Pan African Sends Off First PGM Concentrate

Melissa West — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:04:35 +0000

Mining Weekly reported Pan African Resources (LSE:PAF,JSE:PAN) has produced its first platinum-group metals concentrate at its retreatment plant.

Prophecy Drills 120.9 Meters Grading 1.26 g/t PGM+Au, 0.36% Ni, 0.30% Cu within 457 Meters Grading 0.47% NiEq

Melissa West — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:45:31 +0000

Prophecy Platinum Corp. (CVE:NKL,OTC:PNIKF,FRA:P94P) announced drill results received from its 2011 drilling Wellgreen PGE-Ni-Cu Project.

South African Platinum: Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Melissa West — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:14:23 +0000

Mineweb reported if PGM prices don't rise by at least 10% in the next 6 to 12 months, the South African sector may start cutting back and closing operations.

Platinum’s Supply and Demand Fundamentals in the Current Environment

Melissa West — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:57:13 +0000

Minweb reports an interview with Jonathan Butler from Johnson Matthey about the factors currently influencing supply and demand in the PGM sector.

PGM Producers Enjoy Mixed Fortunes in South African Pay Talks

Melissa West — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:19:51 +0000

Platts reports Angloplats (LON:AAL), is to sign a new pay deal with the unions, but fellow PGM producer, Implats (JNB:IMP), is still in dispute.

Prophecy Coal Releases Q1-2011 Results

Melissa West — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:20:43 +0000

Prophecy Coal Corp. (CVE:PCY,OTC:PRPCF,FRAN:1P2) reports it has filed its interim financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011.

Platinum Prices on Shaky Ground

Michael Montgomery — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:20:57 +0000

The perfect storm has hit platinum in the wake of the Japanese earthquake and geopolitical events in the Middle East and North Africa regions. The impact of these events are specific to the platinum market in one regard: automotive demand. Nearly 40 percent of total platinum demand comes from the auto industry.

PTM Touts ‘Brand New’ Bushveld Discovery

Jessica Oman — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 05:34:47 +0000

Mining Weekly reported that Platinum Group Metals announced the discovery of an extension to the Bushveld Complex in South Africa.

Is Platinum Treading The Gold Path?

Melissa Pistilli — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:42:54 +0000

Barrick Gold has confirmed that it has dropped plans to develop the Sedibelo platinum project in South Africa. Not to worry. The story for the metal has only just begun.

Platinum gets mixed response as crude oil drops

Melissa Pistilli — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:28:55 +0000

Platinum was mixed on Thursday, July platinum rose $2.40 to $1,207.60 an ounce, while September palladium declined $3.35 to $239.70. The drop in the three month contract price was related to declining crude oil. Last week, prices of both platinum and palladium climbed to their highest levels since November 2008-