North American Palladium announced production results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2018. For the year, the company produced a total of 237,461 ounces of payable palladium, meeting the upper half of its 2018 guidance of between 230,000 to 240,000 ounces; an increase of 18% over the 201,592 ounces of payable palladium produced in 2017.

For the fourth quarter of 2018, the company's palladium production reached 65,904 payable ounces as compared to 58,000 ounces in fourth quarter of 2017.

The company provided production guidance for the fiscal year of 2019. For the year, the company expects production of between 220,000 to 235,000 ounces of payable palladium.