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Edward Sterck

Edward Sterck is research director at the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC), an industry body that promotes investor understanding of and access to physical platinum markets. In this role he is the WPIC's principal spokesperson on platinum and platinum-group metals (PGMs) supply, demand and investment trends, regularly briefing Mining Weekly and Engineering News on the organisation's quarterly 'Platinum Quarterly' reports. He analyses mine supply constraints tied to deep-level underground mining, recycling volumes, automotive and jewellery demand, and investment flows into exchange-traded funds, bars and coins. Sterck has tracked the platinum market's shift into persistent multi-year supply deficits and depleting above-ground stocks, and has highlighted emerging demand drivers including hybrid-vehicle catalysts, hydrogen energy applications and artificial-intelligence-related industrial uses such as data storage and optical components. He has also commented on developments in Chinese exchange infrastructure, including the Guangzhou Futures Exchange's internationalisation of platinum and palladium trading. His commentary frequently addresses South Africa's position as the world's largest platinum and PGM producer, centred on the Bushveld Complex, and the implications of global supply constraints for that industry. Sterck is a recurring source in Creamer Media coverage for expert analysis linking platinum market fundamentals to broader macroeconomic and geopolitical trends.

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World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
Big boost for platinum, palladium as China exchange internationalises
25th September 2026 By: Martin Creamer

From Monday, September 28, China will give international investors access to trading in palladium and platinum on the Guangzhou Futures Exchange (GFEX), where domestic exchange activity has been... 


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Outlook for platinum buoyed by new industrial applications as investment demand weakens
25th September 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

While total demand for platinum is forecast to decrease this year, there are industries that stakeholders can leverage and strengthen, while market fundamentals still support the metal as a... 


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Outlook for platinum buoyed by new industrial applications as investment demand weakens
25th September 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

While total demand for platinum is forecast to decrease this year, there are industries that stakeholders can leverage and strengthen, while market fundamentals still support the metal as a... 


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The platinum group metals market continues to underestimate the breadth of the platinum demand profile, while overestimating the speed at which battery-electric vehicles will displace traditional automotive demand
PGM’s structural deficit underpins positive long-term outlook – WPIC
21st August 2026 By: Trent Roebeck

The long-term outlook for platinum group metals (PGMs) is continuing to strengthen as persistent supply deficits, resilient automotive demand, expanding industrial applications and constrained... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
Investment demand for platinum still extremely strong – WPIC
5th June 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Investment demand for platinum remains extremely strong, with market fundamentals continuing to support platinum as a compelling investment. Market tightness suggests that there is insufficient... 


This week: Forward-looking critical minerals strategy must drive African beneficiation and, Investment demand for platinum still extremely strong
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27th May 2026

This week: Forward-looking critical minerals strategy must drive African beneficiation and, Investment demand for platinum still extremely strong 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
Investment demand for platinum still extremely strong
18th May 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Investment demand for platinum remains extremely strong, with market fundamentals continuing to support platinum as a compelling investment. Market tightness suggests that there is insufficient... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
‘Extremely robust’ platinum investment demand expected
20th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Investment demand for platinum is expected to be “extremely robust” in 2026. “We've not only got the attractiveness in terms of platinum’s underlying supply demand fundamentals, but we also have a... 


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11th March 2026

This week: ‘Extremely robust’ platinum investment demand expected and, Shift in global order providing opportunity to strengthen platinum industry 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
‘Extremely robust’ platinum investment demand expected
4th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Investment demand for platinum is expected to be “extremely robust” in 2026. “We've not only got the attractiveness in terms of platinum’s underlying supply demand fundamentals, but we also have a... 


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PGM market expected to balance this year
23rd January 2026 By: Nadine Ramdass

Following the platinum supply shortfall and “dramatic” platinum price surge in 2025, global platinum investment market authority the World Platinum Investment Council’s (WPIC) initial forecast for... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
Platinum research head notes demand for precious metals as fiat currency alternatives
14th January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The Trump administration’s policies and repeated attacks on the independence of the Federal Reserve are bringing into question the role of the US dollar as the global reserve currency and driving... 


World Platinum Research Director Edward Sterck.
China’s platinum futures exchange debut seen as major boost for South Africa’s PGMs
12th December 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Physically settled platinum and palladium futures contracts and futures options will commence trading on November 27 on China’s Guangzhou Futures Exchange, which is cracking a world first by taking... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
Balanced 2026 platinum market forecast dependent on trade tension let-up
5th December 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The platinum market is expected to move to being in balance in 2026 – but this is contingent on a lessening of the trade tensions that have accentuated this year’s substantial platinum market... 


World Platinum Research Director Edward Sterck.
China’s platinum futures exchange debut seen as major boost for South Africa's PGMs
26th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Physically settled platinum and palladium futures contracts and futures options will commence trading on November 27 on China’s Guangzhou Futures Exchange, which is cracking a world first by taking... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
Balanced 2026 platinum market forecast dependent on trade tension let-up
19th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The platinum market is expected to move to being in balance in 2026 – but this is contingent on a lessening of the trade tensions that have accentuated this year’s substantial platinum market... 


Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking Head of Equity Capital Markets, South Africa & Sub-Saharan Africa Richard Stout
Anglo’s Valterra Platinum divestment ‘largest in history of JSE’, Standard Bank reports
23rd September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The divestment by diversified mining company Anglo American of its residual shareholding in Valterra Platinum was on Tuesday highlighted by enabler Standard Bank as “the largest equity capital... 


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17th September 2025

This week: Demand for platinum as an investment product is 'extremely strong'; Year of records for booming Pan African as eyes turn to promising Soweto gold project and, Teck, Anglo American agree... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
Demand for platinum as an investment product is 'extremely strong'
11th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The demand for platinum as an investment product is currently “extremely strong”.. “We’re seeing Chinese consumers who are looking for hard assets that are also liquid. With the increase in the... 


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PGMs market undergoing shift in 2025 – WPIC
22nd August 2025 By: Halima Frost

There has been a significant change in market dynamics this year, with a strong growth in demand for platinum investment products in China and platinum jewellery that is over and above expectations... 


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