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Heraeus Precious Metals trading head Dominik Sperzel.
PGM Day highlights ruthenium’s bright future in hydrogen, biomass, electronics
10th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

After listening to Heraeus Precious Metals trading head Dominik Sperzel placing ruthenium on a new high pedestal and describing this low-profile platinum group metal (PGM) as “my personal... 


An image of the Uis tin mine
Andrada reports strong drilling results at Uis licence
10th April 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim-listed Andrada Mining’s initial batch of drill results for 13 proximal (polymetallic) pegmatites located in the previously mined areas of the Uis mining licence, in Namibia, has returned strong... 


A trader gestures while working on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange after the White House announced a 90-day pause and lowered 10% reciprocal tariff for other countries.
Trump's stunning tariff pause focuses trade war on China
10th April 2025 By: Reuters

US President Donald Trump's stunning decision to pause the hefty duties he had just imposed on dozens of countries sent battered global stock markets surging on Thursday even as he ratcheted up a... 


Gold edges up after levy chaos drives biggest gain in 18 months
Gold edges up after levy chaos drives biggest gain in 18 months
10th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Gold edged higher after posting its biggest one-day gain in 18 months, as confusion over US President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda drove investors to buy the precious metal as a haven. During a... 


Minerals Council CEO Mzila Mthenjane, senior policy analyst, public affairs and transformation Fundiswa Ndaba, and senior executive, public affairs and transformation Tebello Chabana.
Minerals Council scoring big on South Africa’s socioeconomic transformation front
9th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Minerals Council South Africa has been scoring big on the transformation front, going well beyond compliance, and hopes are now high that the upcoming Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development... 


232 ct rough diamond
Petra withholds Cullinan diamonds tender as US tariffs create market uncertainty
9th April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

London-listed Petra Diamonds has postponed its tender five sales of about 200 000 ct of diamonds recovered at the Cullinan mine, in South Africa, until there is greater clarity on the impact of... 


Jubilee's Inyoni operation
Jubilee to increase yearly PGM output by 32% through excess stock partnership
9th April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aim- and AltX-listed Jubilee Metals has signed a partnership agreement with an undisclosed platinum group metal (PGM) producer to process part of the surplus PGM and chrome feedstock generated at... 


Europe seen struggling to compete with China on rare earths
Europe seen struggling to compete with China on rare earths
9th April 2025 By: Reuters

urope will probably be able to produce only a small portion of rare earths it needs for electric vehicles and wind turbines by 2030, mainly due to cheap competition from dominant producer China, a... 


Primetals, Mitsubishi, voestalpine and Rio Tinto to build hydrogen-based ironmaking plant
9th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Primetals Technologies, together with partner Mitsubishi, steel producer voestalpine and mining major Rio Tinto, has signed a cooperation agreement to implement an industrial-scale hydrogen-based... 


Oil suffers biggest 5-day drop since 2022, metals plunge as trade war escalates
Oil suffers biggest 5-day drop since 2022, metals plunge as trade war escalates
9th April 2025 By: Reuters

il prices fell to a four-year low on Wednesday in its worst five-day losing streak in three years, while several commodities, including base metals, tumbled as the trade war between China and the... 


Ivan Glasenberg
Glencore ex-CEO Glasenberg buys shares for first time since 2015
9th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Glencore’s former chief executive officer and largest shareholder Ivan Glasenberg added to his stake for the first time in a decade after a share-price rout triggered by Donald Trump’s sweeping... 


Trump's latest tariffs kick in, deepening global trade war
9th April 2025 By: Reuters

President Donald Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs on dozens of countries took effect on Wednesday, including massive 104% duties on Chinese goods, deepening his global trade war even as he prepared... 


CHIETA CEO Yershen Pillay.
Platinum-based green hydrogen on way to becoming South Africa’s new gold – CHIETA
8th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Three new green hydrogen qualifications are being registered with the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations to enable South Africa to seize the platinum group metals (PGMs)-linked green... 


An image showing trenching at the Tulu Kapi project
Kefi continues to progress Ethiopia project
8th April 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim-listed Kefi Gold and Copper has reported recent across-the-board progress at its Tulu Kapi gold project, in Ethiopia. Preparations for full launch of the Tulu Kapi project are advancing across... 


An image showing Thor's Douta project
Thor declares maiden dividend
8th April 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

London-listed Thor Explorations achieved record results for the year ended December 31, 2024, repaid all senior debt, had record gold sales and reached a major milestone of declaring a maiden... 


Euronext CEO says investors pull gold out of US over uncertainty
Euronext CEO says investors pull gold out of US over uncertainty
8th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Euronext CEO Stephane Boujnah said some European investors are so unsettled by the trade policies of the Trump administration they are starting to move gold out of the US. “We’re witnessing a... 


Sufficient uranium resources exist, investments needed to sustain high nuclear energy growth – report
Sufficient uranium resources exist, investments needed to sustain high nuclear energy growth – report
8th April 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Sufficient uranium resources exist to support the continued use of nuclear power and its significant growth through 2050 and beyond; however, timely investments in new exploration, mining... 


Chinese buyers snapped up copper as prices plunged below $8 500
Chinese buyers snapped up copper as prices plunged below $8 500
8th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Chinese copper buyers used Monday’s collapse in prices below $8500 a ton to significantly increase purchases, traders said, helping to trigger a dramatic rebound even as a rout in other global... 


Ferrexpo's iron-ore pellet output slumps 26% as Ukraine halts VAT refund
7th April 2025 By: Reuters

Ukraine-focused miner Ferrexpo reported a 26% drop in first-quarter iron ore pellet production on Monday, as a suspension of its VAT refunds in the country cut liquidity and forced it to scale back... 


An offshore oil rig
Oil tumbles further as US-China trade conflict fuels recession fears
7th April 2025 By: Reuters

Oil prices extended losses on Monday, falling 3% as escalating trade tensions between the United States and China stoked fears of a recession that would reduce demand for crude while OPEC+ readies... 


An image of Tirupati's Vatomina processing plant
Tirupati maintains future output targets despite below-expectation production in March
7th April 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

London-listed Tirupati Graphite’s Vatomina project, in Madagascar produced about 388 t of flake graphite concentrate of various grades in March. Production was below the planned monthly target... 


Barrick chairperson John Thornton.
Barrick advancing projects to support 30% growth by 2030
7th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

New York- and Toronto-listed gold and copper mining company Barrick is now advancing its portfolio of growth projects to support a planned 30% growth in gold equivalent ounces by the end of the... 


Trump's tariff 'medicine' injects turmoil into global markets
7th April 2025 By: Reuters

US President Donald Trump warned foreign governments they would have to pay "a lot of money" to lift sweeping tariffs, characterising the duties as "medicine" and triggering further carnage across... 


Pure tin ore
Elementos confirms viability of Europe’s first vertically integrated tin project
4th April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed tin developer Elementos demonstrates in a definitive feasibility study (DFS) on its Oropesa tin project, in Spain, the viability of a vertically integrated mine-to-metal smelting... 


Anglo American's Fahmida Smith (centre) flanked by Nornickel's Dmitry Izotov (left) and Heraeus's Dominik Sperzel (right).
South Africa's hydrogen corridor project shortlisted for JET funding, PGM Day hears
4th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s rejigged green hydrogen corridor project, Project Rhynbow, has been shortlisted for just energy transition (JET) investment project funding, this week’s Platinum Group Metals (PGM)... 


Alba Mineral Resources' one-ounce gold coin
Alba sells first premium gold coin from output at Welsh mine
4th April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

London-listed Alba Mineral Resources successfully auctioned its exclusive 1 oz gold coin for £20 000 on April 3. The coin was manufactured from gold mined at the company’s historic Clogau-St... 


Copper smelting
Copper plunges more than 5% as tariffs hammer metals and miners
4th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Copper plunged more than 5% to trade below $9 000 a ton, in the biggest drop since July 2022, as worries over the impact of a worsening trade war sparked a heavy selloff in industrial metals and... 


US President Donald Trump signing an executive order on tariffs
China hits back hard in global trade war with tariffs on US goods
4th April 2025 By: Reuters

China announced additional tariffs of 34% on US goods on Friday, the most serious escalation in a trade war with President Donald Trump that has fed fears of a recession and triggered a global... 


An iron-ore stockpile
US tariff blitz bolsters Goldman’s bearish view on iron-ore
4th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

A cascade of US tariffs announced by President Donald Trump will hurt Chinese steel exports and help to drag iron ore prices below $90 a ton by the end of the year, Goldman Sachs Group said in a... 


A gold bar being poured
HSBC raises gold price forecasts amid geopolitical tensions
3rd April 2025 By: Reuters

HSBC raised its average 2025 and 2026 gold price forecast to $3 015 and $2 915 per ounce respectively, citing geopolitical risks. This is an increase from its previous forecasts of $2 687 and $2... 


Gold bars in a vault
Trump's policies to spur further central bank gold buying
3rd April 2025 By: Reuters

Central banks are expected to help keep gold's stunning rally going this year with buying aimed at further diversifying reserves away from the dollar due to risks stemming from US President Donald... 


Drilling activity at Outukuku
Met1 executes formal agreement to acquire 80 Mile’s copper projects in Finland
3rd April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aim-listed Metals One (Met1) has executed a share purchase agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of FinnAust Mining Finland from fellow-listed 80 Mile. FinnAust holds certain... 


Plug Power president and CEO Andy Marsh.
Platinum-based PEM technology at heart of everything we do, says Plug Power of US
3rd April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In a Zoom video interview with Creamer Media’s Engineering News & Mining Weekly, Plug Power President and CEO Andy Marsh on Wednesday pointed out that platinum-based proton exchange membrane (PEM)... 


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