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TWO NEW mining rights controversies emerged yesterday as an Anglo American subsidiary and Impala Platinum (Implats) confirmed that other companies had been awarded rights that they believed should rightfully have been theirs. But while Anglo is headed Full story

Casting Crowns Adds to Precious Metals Collection as 'The Alter and the Door' Goes Platinum (Nashville, Tenn.) – Casting Crowns’ frontman Mark Hall may have made headlines recently by selling off his one-of-a-kind, Star Wars-inspired office Full story

-- IMPALA Platinum CEO, David Brown, fended off criticisms the group's expansion strategy in South Africa and Zimbabwe was behind schedule and laboured under high political risks. Responding to questions following the R111bn group's full Full story

J0HANNESBURG – Impala Platinum reported a 22% fall in full-year profit on Thursday, hit by slack demand for the precious metal, but forecast a slow recovery this year. Impala Platinum (Implats), the world's second largest platinum producer, said Full story

By Charles Wyatt It is no picnic operating a platinum mine, or indeed any kind of mine at all, in South Africa at present. What with the ranting demands from Julius Malema of the ANC Youth League for nationalization, the staggering incompetence of the Full story

The South African platinum miner announced a $12.5m interim financing deal with aChinese bank for its Frischgewaagd-Ledig project Full story

South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers have reached a deal on wages and housing allowances with employer, Impala Platinum Full story

That is the case with annual results from platinum miners Aquarius and Northam. Both were affected by a strong rand, which negated much of the benefits of rising dollar prices for platinum Full story

NUM sees possible deal with Implats South Africa's National Union of Mine Workers (NUM) and Impala Platinum reached a deal on wages and housing allowances today, ending threats of strike action, a union official said Reuters South Africa's National Union Full story

The global auto market continues to recover, but industrial consumers of platinum still seem wary of prices much above $1,550 Full story