Nickel Top Stories

SRK Consulting unpacks critical opportunities and challenges facing the African mining sector

SRK Consulting believes Africa can be the ‘missing resources link’ as the world prepares for an accelerating energy transition.

Henry Lazenby | May 4, 2022 | 9:44 am

ESG standards’ Indigenous blind spot could threaten critical metals push

ESG reporting standards were developed by and for finance and…

Kelsey Rolfe | May 4, 2022 | 8:06 am

Glencore rights record worst in green metals, group says

The alleged abuses attributed to all companies range from attacks…

Bloomberg News | May 4, 2022 | 7:10 am

Enough nickel, lithium for 14 million EVs in 2023 – European climate group

Global EV sales more than doubled to 4.2 million vehicles…

Reuters | May 2, 2022 | 4:46 pm

Biden’s team puts up over $3 billion to boost US battery output

Grants will be made available to produce key battery metals…

Bloomberg News | May 2, 2022 | 3:12 pm

EU metals industry urges aid to rival US green energy package

French President Emmanuel Macron called for an EU package amounting to 2% of its economic output to rival the $370 billion US plan.

Bloomberg News | January 24, 2023 | 8:24 am

Albemarle calls for high lithium prices to fuel EV industry growth

"There's significant supply coming on, but the demand growth is more significant," said Eric Norris, head of Albemarle's Energy Storage division.

Reuters | January 24, 2023 | 8:03 am

Indonesia’s FDI jumps in 2022, led by mineral processing

Indonesia's foreign direct investment surged 44.2% on a yearly basis in 2022.

Reuters | January 24, 2023 | 7:52 am

Nornickel forecasts output drop in 2023 due to planned maintenance

Nickel and palladium production is expected to fall due to planned refurbishment at Nadezhda metallurgical plant.

Reuters | January 24, 2023 | 7:48 am

SPC Nickel enters agreement with Vale to consolidate deposits in Sudbury camp

SPC believes that the West Graham and Crean Hill 3 deposits constitute the eastern and western portions of a large, near-surface nickel-copper sulphide deposit.

Staff Writer | January 24, 2023 | 6:09 am

Potanin says sanctions constrain Nornickel, force it to adjust strategy

Potanin was placed on a US sanctions list as part of wider measures targeting people close to Vladimir Putin.

Reuters | January 23, 2023 | 8:12 am

Argentinian lawyers call for annulment of provincial lithium law

The Argentine Institute of Mining Law is calling for the annulment of Law N°10.608, which declared lithium and derivative products as strategic natural resources in La Rioja province.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 22, 2023 | 11:52 am