Nickel Top Stories

Vale Canada, Sumitomo sign initial deal to sell 14% stake in Indonesian nickel miner

Share divestment is a condition required by Indonesia to extend Vale Indonesia's mining permit.

Reuters | November 17, 2023 | 11:04 am

Trafigura and Korea Zinc agree to build nickel refinery in South Korea

The amount of nickel to be supplied by Trafigura will…

Reuters | November 17, 2023 | 8:57 am

EV metals demand drives Anglo American’s quest for lithium

The miner, which already produces key battery metals including copper…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 17, 2023 | 4:07 am

Indonesia to trace nickel in bid for US critical minerals deal

Each ton of nickel ore sales will be tracked using…

Bloomberg News | November 16, 2023 | 4:39 pm

Nickel crisis shows LME could learn from China, Minmetals says

The LME has drawn fire from all sides since a…

Bloomberg News | November 16, 2023 | 12:52 pm

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Vale says court overturns suspensions of Sossego, Onca Puma mines

Vale produced 66,800 metric tons of copper in 2023 in Sossego.

Reuters | February 26, 2024 | 1:28 pm

Patriot Battery Metals aims to fast-track Corvette lithium production

From discovery in 2017 to an initial resource in 2023 that outlined one of the largest lithium pegmatite resources in the Americas, the company’s now eyeing its next milestone.

Henry Lazenby | February 26, 2024 | 10:28 am

Legacy uses AI to discover platinum in Australia

Proponents predict AI will be indispensable to help the industry ramp up the supply of battery metals for the global energy transition to fight climate change.

Colin McClelland | February 26, 2024 | 8:14 am

Nickel faces existential moment with half of mines unprofitable

Nickel price fell 45% last year, and is currently hovering around $17,000 a ton.

Bloomberg News | February 26, 2024 | 7:01 am

MIND ID to acquire 14% stake in Vale Indonesia

The divestment is a key condition for the extension of Vale Indonesia's mining permit beyond 2025.

Reuters | February 26, 2024 | 6:47 am

Fortescue’s Forrest urges LME to separate ‘clean’ nickel contracts

Nickel is typically produced to higher environmental standards in Australia than in Indonesia.

Reuters | February 26, 2024 | 6:42 am

Scientists develop non-flammable electrolyte for lithium-metal batteries

Using computational science, researchers have developed a fluorine-substituted high-voltage stable chloride-based solid-state electrolyte.

Staff Writer | February 26, 2024 | 6:06 am

Feds must force pensions to fund Canadian mining, Lassonde, Giustra say

Research shows that Canada’s eight largest pension funds hold some $2.1 trillion in assets but only a quarter was invested in the country.

Colin McClelland | February 25, 2024 | 7:05 am

Russian metals aluminum, nickel escape new US sanctions

Aluminum retreated as much as 1.1% on Friday, while nickel pared an earlier advance of as much as 1.2%.

Bloomberg News | February 23, 2024 | 11:11 am

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