Nickel Top Stories

Deep-sea research campaign aims to tap world’s largest known source of EV battery metals

Mining international waters is in the spotlight as companies and countries are looking at minerals concentrated on the ocean floor that can be used in batteries for smart phones and electric vehicles.

MINING.com Editor | January 6, 2022 | 3:25 pm

Magna wraps 2021 drilling at Shakespeare with long, strong nickel and copper

Magna notes that the Shakespeare project is permitted, and that…

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 5, 2022 | 8:33 am

EV battery costs set to rise in 2022 as lithium price extends gains

Prices for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China jumped this year…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 3, 2022 | 10:31 am

Base metals shine in 2021 on robust China demand, supply concerns

Both London and Shanghai copper benchmarks have gained more than…

Reuters | December 31, 2021 | 12:45 am

Rio Tinto starts producing spodumene at Quebec plant

The Quebec plant was commissioned in June and produced its first ton of spodumene concentrate in July.

Reuters | September 29, 2022 | 8:52 am

LME mulling consultation on banning Russian metal

Reuters sources say the exchange was planning to discuss banning new deliveries of Russian metal so its warehouses cannot be used to offload hard-to-sell stock.

Reuters | September 29, 2022 | 8:47 am

BC leads all Canadian provinces in EV transition, report shows

Electric Mobility Canada has released a scorecard comparing how Canadian provinces and territories are doing at supporting consumers in their transition to electric vehicles.

Staff Writer | September 29, 2022 | 8:38 am

Australia’s mining state aims to build battery manufacturing hub

Western Australia is the world’s biggest exporter of lithium.

Bloomberg News | September 28, 2022 | 9:00 pm

S.Korea’s SK On inks deal with Global Lithium Resources for lithium supply

SK On will also explore additional business opportunities in the battery value chain, such as mining minerals.

Reuters | September 28, 2022 | 8:51 pm

Peru targets local lithium battery production, official says

Peru currently produces no lithium and no country in Latin America produces lithium batteries at a commercial scale even if they do mine lithium.

Reuters | September 28, 2022 | 12:29 pm

CATL plans $1.9 billion battery project in China’s Luoyang city

Construction of the project will take up to three years, CATL said.

Bloomberg News | September 28, 2022 | 10:54 am

Foran’s ambitious net zero plans for McIlvenna Bay attract investors

Foran has had a busy year as it advances the McIlvenna Bay copper-zinc-gold project in Saskatchewan, which it says will be the world’s first zero-carbon operation.

Kelsey Rolfe | September 28, 2022 | 7:06 am

Researchers push for using metals to treat infections

Two dozen highly active metal compounds containing cobalt, nickel, rhodium, palladium, silver, europium, iridium, platinum, molybdenum and gold can be used to treat fungal infections.

Staff Writer | September 28, 2022 | 5:05 am

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