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European Auto Sales up 14% in November; Platinum and Palladium to Gain: EAMA
Dec 16, 2015The European passenger car market recorded almost 14% more registrations in November than in the same month of 2014, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association reported Tuesday, which should help boost demand for platinum and ...
Tags: auto catalysts, platinum, palladium
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Palladium Falls Below $650/Oz as Funds Lower PGM Holdings
Nov 4, 2015Palladium fell to a 1-1/2 month low as investors continued to move away from Exchange Traded Funds [ETFs] in Platinum Group Metals following further fundamental weakness resulting from the Volkswagen emissions scandal and excessive mine ...
Tags: Palladium, PGMs, diesel emissions
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Palladium Price Soars to 13-Year High
Jul 7, 2014The price of palladium, hitting $865 an ounce on Friday, made a notable record. It hasn't, as Reuters notes, traded so high since February 2001. What's more, it also surged by highs it hit back in 2011 when it traded in the mid-$800s an ...
Tags: palladium, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
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The Most Significant Tantalum Producers in 2013
Jul 7, 2014Back in 2010, the European Union's Ad-Hoc Working Group on Defining Critical Raw Materials published its first criticality analysis for raw materials. Its goal was fairly simple: to define the raw materials critical to the EU’s ...
Tags: Tantalum, Raw Materials
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The Platts New York Dealer Rhodium Price Tumbled to $1,070-1,130/Oz This Week
Jun 13, 2014The buying surge in rhodium that began two weeks ago during Platinum Week in London ended this week, with would-be buyers heading to the sidelines amid surging prices. The Platts New York Dealer rhodium price tumbled to $1,070-1,130/oz ...
Tags: rhodium, scrap recyclers
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The European Commission Published a Revised and Extended List of Critical Raw Materials
May 28, 2014The European Commission has published a revised and extended list of Critical Raw Materials, based on threatened supply coupled with economic importance. The 2014 list includes 13 of the 14 materials identified in the previous list of ...
Tags: Raw Materials, coking coal
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Primary Gold Projects Were The Most Active
Jan 22, 2014The countries with the top 10 exploration budgets in 2013 attracted a total of $7.8 billion for all stages of gold, base metals, platinum group metals and uranium exploration, SNL Metals & Mining's annual Corporate Exploration Strategies ...
Tags: exploration programs, Miners
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Duluth Metals' Twin Metals Minnesota Project Pre-Feasibility Is Progressing Well
Jan 9, 2014Duluth Metals Limited ("Duluth Metals") (TSX: DM) (TSX: DM.U) is pleased to announce that the Twin Metals Minnesota Project ("Twin Metals") Pre-feasibility is progressing well with a completion date scheduled for mid-year 2014. Over the ...
Tags: Duluth Metals, Twin Metals Minnesota Project, Pre-feasibility
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Iridium Prices Moved Slightly Lower This Week
Nov 19, 2013Iridium prices moved slightly lower this week as sellers continued to lower their offers to attract buyers. The Platts New York Dealer iridium price slipped this week to $400-450/oz from $400-475/oz the previous week. "There's just ...
Tags: Iridium prices, Mineral
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Project Generator Transition Metals Corp Provide an Update on Its Aer Kidd Nickel Property
Nov 13, 2013Project generator Transition Metals Corp. (XTM- TSX.V, "Transition", the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on its Aer Kidd nickel property, previously held by Transition's wholly-owned subsidiary HTX Minerals Corp. ("HTX") pursuant ...
Tags: Transition Metals, Platinum's
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Market Fundamentals Are Sufficient to Support Rhodium Prices Near The Current $1,000/oz
Sep 18, 2013Market fundamentals are sufficient to support rhodium prices near the current $1,000/oz level, despite reduced usage in automobile catalytic converters, according to analysts with A-1 Specialized, one of the largest recyclers of ...
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Several Factors Have Led to a Decline in Mining and in The US Mineral Processing Industry
Dec 26, 2012The following have all combined to limit control of foreign minerals by US companies: In 2011, Resource nationalism became the number one risk for mining companies Nationalization Expropriation Increased taxation Constraints on the degree ...
Tags: Cobalt, Rare Earth, USA, Metallurgy
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Labor Problems and Low Prices Have Platinum Mines Closing up Shop in South Africa
Dec 26, 2012Labor problems and low prices have platinum mines closing up shop in South Africa, and the potential for acquisitions is ripening. Senior Mining Analyst and Managing Director at Stifel Nicolaus in Toronto, George Topping believes that ...
Tags: Finance, Rare Earth, Metallurgy
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British Geological Survey Compiled The Elements in a Risk List Published in 2011.
Dec 25, 2012In a supply risk index of chemical elements that are of economic value, four elements placed ahead of rare earth metals. British Geological Survey compiled the elements in a risk list published in 2011. Antimony, tungsten, mercury and ...
Tags: rare earth, rare earth metals, platinum group metals, elements
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Polymetal Acquired a 24.99% Stake in The Svetlobor Platinum Exploration Project
Dec 19, 2012Polymetal International plc announce that it has acquired a 24.99%stake in the Svetlobor platinum exploration project from Ubergot Investments Limited in exchange for 130,053 new ordinary shares in Polymetal.Simultaneously,CJSC VTB Capital ...
