Nickel Top Stories

Tesla inks multi-year nickel supply deal with Prony Resources

The New Caledonian miner will provide the US carmaker with about 42,000 tonnes of the metal needed to produce batteries that power its EVs.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 13, 2021 | 3:53 am

International Nickel Study Group forecasts rising nickel demand in 2022

Exports of unprocessed nickel ore from Indonesia, the world’s top…

Dan Sekulich - The Northern Miner | October 11, 2021 | 11:24 am

Scientists explore possibility of mining iron, nickel, cobalt-rich near-earth asteroids

Metal-rich asteroids are similar to some stony-iron meteorites found on…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 11, 2021 | 6:06 am

The hottest party in the metals world is back, but much smaller

LME Week resumes amid continued covid risk.

Bloomberg News | October 10, 2021 | 2:51 pm

US narrows gap with China in race to dominate battery supply chain – report

The United States has moved up on BloombergNEF's Global Lithium-Ion…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 8, 2021 | 6:06 am

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Tesla’s Denholm says Australia is key to avoid EV battery crunch

Tesla alone will need more than 3 terabyte hours of lithium-ion batteries by 2030, compared to the industry’s current global capacity of about 1 terabyte.

Bloomberg News | July 19, 2022 | 8:23 am

Vale Indonesia Q2 nickel matte output falls 16.5%

Nickel miner reported 12,567 tonnes of nickel matte output for the April-June period, down 16.5% from the same period last year.

Reuters | July 19, 2022 | 8:17 am

EXPLAINER: Price surge prompts regulators to peer into commodity hinterland

In the case of some commodities, regulators say they do not have information on who holds the large positions that can inflate prices beyond levels implied by supply and demand.

Reuters | July 18, 2022 | 3:58 pm

Solid-state EV batteries could cut carbon emissions further, says climate group

Based on a comparison of one of the most promising solid-state batteries to lithium-ion technology and using sustainable lithium sources, a battery's carbon footprint could be cut by as much as 39%.

Reuters | July 18, 2022 | 3:51 pm

Life cycle test confirms low environmental footprint of Nouveau Monde’s graphite products

The company is currently working towards developing a fully integrated source of carbon-neutral battery anode material in Quebec.

Staff Writer | July 18, 2022 | 11:37 am

Global nickel market surplus rises to 20,700 tonnes in May – INSG

During the first five months of the year, the global market was in a surplus of 16,100 tonnes.

Reuters | July 18, 2022 | 10:41 am

Chinese lithium giant pulls EVs deeper into forced labor glare

Ganfeng’s Chairman earlier this year visited Xinjiang, where activists say Uyghurs and other Muslim citizens have been subjected to forced labor.

Bloomberg News | July 18, 2022 | 8:03 am

Governments turn against deep-sea mining as EV boom drives demand for metals

The deep ocean contains the largest estimated deposits of minerals on the planet, potentially worth trillions of dollars.

Bloomberg News | July 18, 2022 | 7:52 am

CMOC’s Congo mine suspends copper and cobalt exports

MOC's Tenke Fungurume copper and cobalt mine has suspended all exports.

Reuters | July 17, 2022 | 10:34 am

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