On Christmas Eve in 1800, English scientist William Hyde Wollaston a piece of nearly pure platinum ore, secretly purchased and smuggled from the Spanish colony of Nueva Granada (Colombia, today) for ...

Flatreef discovery contains 59 million ounces of precious metals in Indicated Resources and 94 million ounces in Inferred Mineral Resources at 1 g/t cut-off Mokopane, South Africa--(Newsfile Corp. - ...

Fort Lauderdale, Florida--(Newsfile Corp. - February 28, 2022) - Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) (OTCQX: IVPAF) Co-Chair Robert Friedland announced today at the 31st BMO Global Metals & Mining Conference ...

On April 22, 2022, Ivanplats celebrated the first blast on Platreef's 950-metre level, marking the commencement of lateral mine development toward the high-grade Flatreef ore body. To view an enhanced ...

Platinum follows gold and silver higher. Palladium and rhodium continue to outshine platinum. A significant upside correction is long overdue. Platinum remains inexpensive compared to the prices of ...

What may sound like science fiction is becoming a practical business model: cities can now generate revenue and support ...

Why are catalytic converters becoming an endangered species? Because they contain three valuable metals - platinum, palladium, and rhodium - making them worth hundreds, even thousands of dollars, ...

Using a combination of spectromicroscopy at BESSY II and microscopic analyses at DESY's NanoLab, a team has gained new insights into the chemical behavior of nanocatalysts during catalysis. The ...

Whilst Gold is busy grabbing the headlines, it’s bigger, rarer, more versatile and useful brother is quietly doing its job of providing Industry and manufacturing with the base elements they need to ...

The palladium boom which has led to a surge in the theft of hybrid electric cars continues to accelerate with the precious metal up 25% over the past two weeks to more than $2,500 an ounce, sparking a ...