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  • The Rally in Platinum Prices: 40% Surge Reshapes 2025 Market

    July 05, 2025
    Pltinum

    The rally in platinum prices has been significantly fueled by production disruptions in S. Africa, the world's largest platinum producer. Mining output of PGMs fell by 24% YoY in April 2025, representing the peak of what industry analysts at Morgan Stanley described as an "exceptionally weak" production period.

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  • Platinum price surges to 11-year high on supply concerns

    June 27, 2025
    Platinum

    Platinum soared to its highest level since 2014 on Thursday, fueled by supply concerns and a wave of speculative buying.
    By midday, the precious metal had gained nearly 5% to trade at $1,406 an ounce, after hitting a fresh 11-year high of $1,416 earlier. Palladium also jumped by 4.8% to about $1,111 an ounce.

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  • SA platinum titan Barry Davison passes away, aged 80

    June 24, 2025
    The late Barry Davison

    Former Anglo American Platinum chairman and CEO Barry Davison has passed away, industry sources said on Monday. He was 80. In addition to chairing Anglo American Platinum, Davison headed Anglo American’s ferrous metals and industries divisions. He was also an executive director of Anglo American Group from 2001 to 2005, serving under its then CEO Tony Trahar.

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  • Valterra Platinum bullish about platinum outlook

    June 24, 2025
    CEO Craig Miller at the London Indaba

    Miller highlighted that PGM market fundamentals remained robust, with demand and supply fundamentals suggesting a price upside. Existing demand is projected to remain stronger than initially forecast, while new demand would come from high-potential new use cases.

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  • Silver Jumps to $37, Longest Split from Gold Price Since 1999

    June 17, 2025
    Silver

    Silver leapt but the price of gold struggled in London Tuesday, extending this stretch of diverging prices to the longest in the 21st Century as the more industrially useful precious metal broke 13-year highs >$37/toz.

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  • Hindustan Zinc targets ramp up of silver output using new technology

    June 17, 2025

    Mining major Hindustan Zinc plans to increase its silver production to 1500-2000 tonne from 700 tonne amid the ongoing rally in the precious metal.

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  • Here’s why platinum price has soared to a 4-year high

    June 17, 2025

    Platinum has become more attractive for investment and jewelry as more investors shift from gold.
    Forecast places platinum supply at its lowest since COVID-19 period.
    US-China trade deal and a weaker US dollar will fuel the precious metal’s demand amid the persistent supply deficits

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  • Gold-to-silver ratio signals a bullish outlook for silver as gold retreats from all-time high level

    May 01, 2025
    Gold and Silver

    The performance of gold and silver in the rest of 2025 remains to be seen, especially given the highly unpredictable and uncertain economic climate.

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  • Gold down more than 5% in less than a week

    May 01, 2025
    Gold

    Bullion slid as much as 1.6% to $3,268, and has lost more than 5% since peaking above $3,500 on Wednesday. 
    Investors acted on signs of a thaw in US trade talks, after President Donald Trump on Friday suggested another delay to his higher “reciprocal” tariffs was unlikely. In this context, Asian nations may strike interim deals to stave off levies before the 90-day grace period ends in July. The ...

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  • Silver Industrial Demand Reached a Record 680.5 Moz in 2024

    April 16, 2025

    Total silver demand fell by 3% to 1.16Boz in 2024. The decline was primarily driven by weakness in physical investment and slightly lower silverware and photographic demand. The drop was partially offset by the continued strength of industrial demand, which enjoyed another record year. In keeping with 2023, growth was underpinned by record electronics & electrical demand. This reflected structural ...

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  • Sibanye-Stillwater says tariffs open door to better PGM prices

    April 05, 2025

    Trump’s tariffs excluded PGM exports and other raw minerals but their application to imported cars and imported car parts would nonetheless impact the sector. The shock of the 30% tariff placed on South African goods was reflected in equity prices. Shares in Impala Platinum fell just over 8% in Johannesburg by mid-afternoon. Shares in Amplats and Sibanye-Stillwater shares declined 7% and 5.5% ...

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  • Heraeus Precious Metals and Freudenberg e-Power Systems announce strategic technology partnership

    April 05, 2025
    Heraeus

    Precious Metals and Freudenberg e-Power Systems are joining forces in the field of CCMs, a pivotal component of fuel cells, through a cutting-edge technology partnership.

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  • Solar panels and the price of silver

    April 05, 2025

    The exact usage rates are little-reported, but according to our research on the topic one year ago, the old 9 milligrams per Watt (mg/W) for Mono PERC, 22 mg/W heterojunction, and 13 mg/W TOPCon had each fallen by one-third in leading research efforts, meaning the industry could operate as low as 10 mg/W today if silver became expensive enough to justify the outlay of more efficient processes ...

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  • Silver price still eying $40 despite near-term volatility as tariff uncertainty lingers - Saxo Bank’s Ole Hansen

    March 25, 2025

    Silver continues to see firm resistance at $34 an ounce; however, one analyst said that the precious metal’s time will come, and it could be later this year.

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  • Demerging AngloPlat has confidence in outlook for planet-friendly platinum group metals

    March 24, 2025

    “The market fundamentals of supply and demand suggest upside to the current PGM basket price,” CEO Craig Miller highlighted about a group of precious metals that touch lives globally in the form of platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium and ruthenium.

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  • Core-shell nanocluster catalyst enables high-efficiency, low-cost and eco-friendly hydrogen production

    March 22, 2025

    The newly developed catalyst features a ruthenium (Ru)-based nanocluster with a core-shell structure. Despite using only a minimal amount of precious metal, it delivers world-class performance and exceptional stability. Moreover, when applied to industrial-scale water electrolysis equipment, it demonstrated remarkable efficiency, highlighting its potential for commercial applications.

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  • Gold races to $3,000, but analysts say it still has fuel in the tank

    March 15, 2025

    Gold investors will be celebrating this weekend as the precious metal prepares to end the week close to its new milestone record high above $3,000 an ounce.

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  • Why is Palladium Struggling at the $1,000 Level?

    March 12, 2025

    Palladium remains inexpensive compared to gold and silver at below the $1,000 per ounce level. Accumulating palladium at the current price and lower could be optimal, as the odds favor higher prices over the coming months and years.

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  • Rhodium price hits 20-month high after Amplats’ bid

    March 12, 2025

    Rhodium prices have leapt to their highest in 20 months, as buying interest from Amplats coincided with strong demand and lower first-quarter output in South Africa, two sources familiar with the matter said.

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  • New ultra-low iridium collaboration is promising major green hydrogen magnification

    February 19, 2025

    PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) and now PTE (Porous Transport Electrodes) are a reflection of PGM (Platinum Group Metals) and green hydrogen good fortune, with PTE following an earlier ruthenium breakthrough to ensure supply at an acceptable price of iridium, which, in turn, assures the generation of affordable green hydrogen. Further good news for South Africa arises when fuel cells, which also ...

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  • Corporate Transparency Act Update

    February 14, 2025

    Under the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act which aims to combat money laundering and other illicit financial activity, most incorporated businesses must disclose their beneficial owners to the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. The law defines a beneficial owner as any individual who exercises substantial control over a company or owns or controls at least 25% of a company ...

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