Platinum Industry News Headlines

Russia: Kinross Gold to commission Moroshka mine in October 2018
Mon, 10 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMT
The government of Sverdlovsk region has approved the removal of over 300 hectares of forests on the territory of Bilimbayevskoye and Nizhne-Tagilskoye forestries. The former will lose the largest part (254 ha). The sites thus retrieved will be used to extract ore gold and platinum at Kostarevskiy gold-bearing site and Rublevikskaya platinum alluvial site. (Ukrainia


Russia: Energoprom to increase graphitized electrode output
Wed, 15 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMT
The board of directors of Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel has recommended paying 776.02 rubles per share, or a total of about 122.802 billion rubles in dividends for January-June, the company said in a statement. The shareholders will discuss the recommendation at an extraordinary meeting scheduled for August 27. The record date for the dividends


Kyrgyzstan: Kumtor Gold Company operating results in Q2 2018
Tue, 14 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMT
Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel expects reserves of the Global Palladium Fund to stand at about 200,000 ounces at the end of 2018, CFO Sergei Malyshev said. We have sold the bulk of the palladium fund reserves that we had at the beginning of this year. We had the reserves of 550,000 troy ounces at


Anglo American confirms Quellaveco copper project, first half ...
Thu, 26 Jul 2018 07:04:38 GMT
LONDON Reuters - Anglo American (L:ALL) on Thursday said its board had approved development of its Quellaveco copper project in Peru, a step expected after it announced in June that Japan's...


Anglo American reports 6 percent rise in second quarter output
Thu, 19 Jul 2018 09:04:05 GMT
LONDON Reuters - Major diversified miner Anglo American (L:AAL) on Thursday reported a 6 percent year-on-year increase in output in the second quarter, driven by copper and coking coal, and...


Russia: NLMK to continue exporting metal products to EU as usual
Thu, 19 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT
Russias output of unrefined and semi-refined or powder platinum decreased by 10% YoY and by 15.3% MoM in June, the Federal State Statistics Service said in a statement without disclosing absolute figures. Silver output fell by 17% YoY, but rose by 16.4% MoM. In January-June output of platinum grew by 1.4% YoY and of silve


Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzaltyn consults with population to extend work ...
Fri, 29 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT
The High Court of London has ruled that Crispian Investments, a unit of businessman Roman Abramovichs Millhouse, should not have proposed and sold a stake in the Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel to Interros of tycoon Vladimir Potanin. The sale infringed a shareholder agreement on preemptive rights between Interros and aluminum giant UC RUSAL, the


Kazakhstan: steel works commissioned in Almaty
Thu, 21 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT
In May the diggers team Amur obtained 14.3 kg of platinum. Last month the enterprise washed 31 thousand cubic meters of sand. Rusty platinum output totaled 16 kg. This year the enterprise operates at the Uorgalan alluvial site. Last year Amur operated at the Konder site, having obtained 1274 kg of platinum, down by 17%


Exclusive - Anglo American wins permits to explore for copper ...
Mon, 18 Jun 2018 20:04:05 GMT
By Alexandra Alper RIO DE JANEIRO Reuters - Miner Anglo American Plc (L:AAL) clinched hundreds of permits this month to explore for copper in a remote part of northern Brazil, Brazilian...


Almost half of deadly mine accidents in South Africa happened ...
Sun, 17 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT
Gwede Mantashe said that 20 out of 45 mining deaths reported since the start of 2018 have taken place at Sibanye-Stillwaters mining sites.


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