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Indonesia and China killed the nickel market

Cheap Indonesian nickel, controlled by China and dumped on the market, has collapsed nickel prices and forced global mine closures.

Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | March 4, 2024 | 2:03 pm

Frontier Lithium, Mitsubishi form JV for Canadian lithium operations

The partnership will help finance Frontier's PAK Lithium Project mine…

Reuters | March 4, 2024 | 10:32 am

Eramet reaches deal to convert debt of New Caledonia nickel unit

Several hundred million euros of debt will be removed from…

Reuters | March 4, 2024 | 10:07 am

Canada and Australia boost collaboration on critical minerals

The countries have agreed to promote shared priorities related to…

Reuters | March 4, 2024 | 9:28 am

Rio Tinto CEO bullish on lithium but not eyeing big acquisitions

Rio Tinto is developing the Rincon project, a lithium-brine mine…

Reuters | March 4, 2024 | 6:55 am

Syrah pins hopes of mine restart on end of China supply glut

Syrah offers one of the few non-Chinese options for those seeking graphite material through its mine in Mozambique.

Bloomberg News | August 14, 2023 | 5:29 pm

Free marketeer leading Argentine election seen rocking commodities

Javier Milei, a libertarian outsider who’s taken a surprise lead in the race for Argentina’s presidency, would shake up the country’s powerhouse commodity industries like none of his rivals.

Bloomberg News | August 14, 2023 | 3:56 pm

Yellen warns of risks of over-concentration of clean energy supply chains

China holds at least 60% of the world’s manufacturing capacity for most mass-manufactured technologies.

Reuters | August 14, 2023 | 8:40 am

The four biggest hurdles in America’s EV transition

Since the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law one year ago this week, there’s been $59 billion in new EV investments announced in the US.

Bloomberg News | August 14, 2023 | 8:17 am

Graphic: Surpluses, low prices to remain a feature of cobalt market

Surging supplies of cobalt from Indonesia and Africa are forecast to outpace demand from EVs.

Reuters | August 14, 2023 | 7:39 am

Vision Blue injects $40 million into Papua New Guinea lime project

Mick Davis' Vision Blue Resources would obtain a 49% stake in Mayur Resources' Central lime project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 14, 2023 | 3:51 am

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Indonesia and China killed the nickel market

Frontier Lithium, Mitsubishi form JV for Canadian lithium operations

Eramet reaches deal to convert debt of New Caledonia nickel unit

Canada and Australia boost collaboration on critical minerals

Rio Tinto CEO bullish on lithium but not eyeing big acquisitions

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Syrah pins hopes of mine restart on end of China supply glut

Free marketeer leading Argentine election seen rocking commodities

Yellen warns of risks of over-concentration of clean energy supply chains

The four biggest hurdles in America’s EV transition

Graphic: Surpluses, low prices to remain a feature of cobalt market

Vision Blue injects $40 million into Papua New Guinea lime project

Ford shuts down in Brazil, and China’s top EV maker comes to the rescue

Syrah Resources inks deal with Samsung SDI to assess anode material supply

An inconvenient truth… there’s not enough critical metals to reach net zero