Rhodium Top Stories

Researchers push for using metals to treat infections

Two dozen highly active metal compounds containing cobalt, nickel, rhodium, palladium, silver, europium, iridium, platinum, molybdenum and gold can be used to treat fungal infections.

Staff Writer | September 28, 2022 | 5:05 am

Top 50 mining stocks lose $600bn in market value from peak

After a brutal second quarter, investors in the world’s 50…

Frik Els | July 8, 2022 | 2:53 pm

Sibanye-Stillwater’s Montana mine to remain halted for 4-6 weeks

The Stillwater mine, which accounts for 60% of the company’s…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 24, 2022 | 6:45 am

New device allows for production of chameleon metal

The inspiration behind this work is what the group sees…

Staff Writer | June 22, 2022 | 6:06 am

Flooding forces Sibanye-Stillwater to halt Montana mines

The company said no injuries had been reported after the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 14, 2022 | 3:27 am

As price parity beckons, substitution from palladium to platinum to wane

The rate at which platinum is displacing palladium in the manufacture of autocatalysts is slowing due to the sister metals approaching price parity.

Reuters | January 16, 2024 | 9:23 am

Samsung SDI invests in Canada Nickel, has right to buy 10% of Crawford project

The South Korean battery maker can acquire a 10% equity interest in the Crawford project for $100.5 million.

Staff Writer | January 12, 2024 | 9:39 am

Platinum-palladium catalyst helps produce environmentally friendlier chemical feedstock

A new platinum-palladium-based catalyst allows for the manufacturing of propylene oxide without the toxic chemicals normally required for its production.

Staff Writer | January 12, 2024 | 6:06 am

The top 50 biggest mining companies in the world

Despite gold's price slump, strong copper and iron ore prices lifted MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 most valuable miners to a new record high of $1.35 trillion.

MINING.com Editor | January 12, 2024 | 2:59 am

Palladium price falls as concern EVs will destroy demand returns to the fore

Commodity analysts said technical factors also played a part.

Reuters | January 4, 2024 | 11:59 am

Agnico Eagle invests $17 million for 12% of Canada Nickel

Canada Nickel’s flagship project is the Crawford nickel sulphide deposit in Ontario.

Staff Writer | January 2, 2024 | 7:02 am

The biggest global mining news of 2023

A tumultuous year for the global mining industry: collapse of lithium prices, furious M&A activity, gold’s new record and state intervention in mining on a scale not seen in decades.

Frik Els | December 27, 2023 | 10:01 am