Eramet’s New Caledonia unit gets extra nickel ore export allowance

New Caledonia has authorized its SLN subsidiary to export an additional 2 million tonnes of nickel ore per year.

Reuters | February 15, 2022 | 8:07 am

Britishvolt secures $54 million from Glencore for UK gigafactory

Glencore's backing is part of the battery plant developer’s £200 million Series C fundraising led by Bank of America.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2022 | 6:45 am

Sumitomo to spend big to boost output of nickel, battery materials

The Japanese miner it will triple its capital expenditure over the next three years to boost its output capacity of nickel and cathode materials used in batteries.

Reuters | February 15, 2022 | 5:00 am

Glencore earmarks $1.5 billion for probes amid record profit

The world’s biggest commodity trader expects long-running corruption investigations in the US and the UK to be resolved this year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2022 | 3:51 am

Trader known as ‘big shot’ battles mystery nickel stockpiler

Tsingshan chairman Xiang Guangda isn’t afraid to place big derivatives bets on where prices are headed next.

Bloomberg News | February 14, 2022 | 5:10 pm

DOE backs Rio Tinto led investigation into carbon storage at Minnesota nickel project

Tamarack is an advanced exploration project and a joint venture with Talon Metals.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 14, 2022 | 12:32 pm

Gold price nears 3-month peak as Ukraine tension lifts haven demand

The latest developments in the Ukraine also lifted other metals like palladium, nickel and aluminum.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 14, 2022 | 9:23 am

Solid-state sodium batteries get a makeover

Swiss researchers developed a more efficient solid electrolyte and defined the ideal pressure to be applied to sodium batteries for them to operate efficiently.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 14, 2022 | 6:06 am

Market interest in silicon, lithium-metal battery anodes only growing – report

The promise of higher energy density batteries is making a growing number of companies focus on silicon and lithium-metal anode materials, IDTechEx reports.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 13, 2022 | 6:16 am

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