Trafigura bought some LME ‘nickel’ that was just bags of stonesThe amounts of money involved are small, but the issue presents a fresh headache for the company.Bloomberg News | March 21, 2023 | 10:09 am
Column: The return of the London Metal Exchange’s nickel curseJPMorgan owned the LME nickel contracts that turned out to…Reuters | March 21, 2023 | 8:37 am
JPMorgan owned the LME ‘nickel’ that was actually bags of stonesIt’s not clear whether the bags ever contained nickel, and…Bloomberg News | March 20, 2023 | 1:50 pm
A moving target: Addressing the global infrastructure deficit in times of rapid climate change, decarbonization The need for more and better infrastructure around the world will only get bigger over time, widening the trillion-dollar gap that already exists between planned investment and the amount needed. Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | July 19, 2023 | 10:16 am
Zimbabwe’s $1 billion lithium plan faces setback as Chinese partner cuts stake South Africa’s Moti Group said a Chinese company with which it planned to develop a lithium processing plant was halving its stake in the venture. Bloomberg News | July 19, 2023 | 8:28 am
No more plundering: Can Africa take control in green mineral rush? Governments have increasingly restricted or banned mineral exports in a bid to boost processing and retain more of the gains. Reuters | July 19, 2023 | 8:11 am
Marine animals flee Takuyo-Daigo seamount after Japan’s deep-sea mining test Marine animals vacated the area where Japan extracted cobalt crusts from the top of deep-sea mountains to mine cobalt. Staff Writer | July 19, 2023 | 6:06 am
Rio Tinto flags cost hike at Argentina lithium project Rio Tinto’s $140 million estimate and schedule for the starter plant at Rincon lithium project are under review due to cost escalation. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 19, 2023 | 5:03 am
Tata Group to build $5 billion gigafactory in the UK Tata's first gigafactory outside of India will supply locally-made batteries to the company's its Jaguar Land Rover factories. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 19, 2023 | 3:53 am
Australia’s Renascor signs graphite supply deal with Mitsubishi Chemical Under the agreement, the parties agreed to undertake further validation testwork on Renascor's graphite products. Reuters | July 18, 2023 | 6:01 pm
Tanzania unlawfully expropriated Ntaka Hill nickel project, tribunal finds, awards miner $109m Indiana Resources delivered notices to Tanzanian authorities in 2020 over the amendments that canceled retention licenses prior to 2018. Amanda Stutt | July 18, 2023 | 4:23 pm
Vale grows iron ore output by 6%, sales lag The firm produced 78.74 million metric tons of iron ore between April and June. Reuters | July 18, 2023 | 2:57 pm