Nickel Top Stories

CNGR to buy nickel, cobalt from Xiamen Xiangyu

Chinese battery materials producer said it would buy over a five-year period as part of a broad strategic cooperation agreement.

Reuters | December 28, 2021 | 10:21 am

Indonesia president launches $2.7 billion China-backed ferronickel plant

The plant will be able to process 13 million tonnes…

Reuters | December 27, 2021 | 8:34 am

BHP and Noront terminate support agreement

BHP and Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals had been…

MINING.com Editor | December 24, 2021 | 11:12 am

The world’s largest nickel mining companies

Using data from Mining Intelligence, this graphic shows the top…

Visual Capitalist | December 24, 2021 | 8:11 am

US faces tough choices in 2022 on mines for electric vehicle metals

Biden in August issued an executive order aimed at making…

Reuters | December 22, 2021 | 8:15 am

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Rio Tinto warns miners not moving fast enough on lithium extraction

Lithium consumption needed “to surge way above anything that’s planned to be mined,” says minerals chief Sinead Kaufman.

Bloomberg News | September 27, 2022 | 7:13 pm

Nickel spreads collapse as banks face soaring financing costs

The jump in the dollar and borrowing costs have made it much more expensive for banks to finance London Metal Exchange positions in recent days.

Bloomberg News | September 27, 2022 | 11:42 am

Wyloo renames Noront as ‘Ring of Fire Metals’ and resumes nickel exploration activity in Ontario

Noront's primary asset is the Eagle's Nest project, which has been billed by Wyloo as the largest high-grade nickel discovery in Canada since the Voisey’s Bay find in Labrador.

Staff Writer | September 27, 2022 | 10:33 am

Finland plans new tax on mining

Finland has thus far not collected taxes on minerals but the government now proposes introducing a royalty of 0.6% on the taxable value of metallic minerals.

Reuters | September 27, 2022 | 9:05 am

Metallic materials’ fatigue strength can now be quickly determined

High-resolution electron imaging can capture the nanoscale deformation events that lead to metal failure in a matter of hours.

Staff Writer | September 27, 2022 | 6:06 am

Argentine state-run miners launch first-time lithium project

Units of Argentina's state oil firm YPF will start work on a 20,000 hectare area lithium prospecting project in Fiambala.

Reuters | September 26, 2022 | 4:29 pm

Rare earth miner NioCorp to merge with Nasdaq-listed blank check firm

Merger with Acquisition Corp II will give it access to up to $285 million for the development of its Elk Creek project in southeastern Nebraska.

Reuters | September 26, 2022 | 9:17 am

Volkswagen teams up with Umicore on battery materials

The venture - between Umicore and Volkswagen's battery unit PowerCo - also plan to collaborate on recycling metals from battery materials.

Reuters | September 26, 2022 | 9:15 am

Canada, South Korea seek deeper cooperation on critical minerals

In a joint statement, the two countries said they agreed to deepen their "strategic partnership on supply chain resiliency".

Reuters | September 23, 2022 | 5:59 pm

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