Nickel Top Stories

Surge in M&As compels dealmakers to harness tools for compliance

Concerns around the supply and demand of critical metals and other challenges can make mining M&A deals riskier and harder to complete.

Mark Williams - Datasite | August 12, 2024 | 4:32 am

Australia’s fledgling batteries downstream sector at a crossroads

Albemarle’s recent call on Kemerton the latest hit to Australia’s…

Kristie Batten | August 11, 2024 | 7:12 am

Graphic: Investment needed to meet battery demand by 2040

Investment in batteries is expected to surpass $1.6 trillion by…

Elements - Visual Capitalist | August 9, 2024 | 8:12 am

Canada Nickel reports best results at Reid property in Ontario

The Reid property is situated 16 km southwest of the…

Staff Writer | August 8, 2024 | 9:30 am

US Strategic Metals tapped for $400 million EXIM Bank loan

The company plans to mine what it considers to be…

Staff Writer | August 8, 2024 | 9:01 am

Rock Tech scoping lithium converter in Ontario with $1.7bn NPV

The company is building a fully permitted lithium converter in Germany.

Staff Writer | September 19, 2024 | 1:06 pm

AMG Critical Materials opens Europe’s first lithium hydroxide refinery

AMG’s concept is to expand annual production up to 100,000 tonnes of battery-grade lithium hydroxide.

Staff Writer | September 19, 2024 | 8:18 am

US closer to greenlighting ioneer’s Nevada lithium mine

If granted final approval, Rhyolite Ridge would be the first lithium project permitted by the Joe Biden administration.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 19, 2024 | 5:33 am

EV batteries with nickel get boost in China after prices retreat

China’s EV market is offering a tentative challenge to the shift toward batteries with no nickel or cobalt.

Bloomberg News | September 18, 2024 | 10:08 am

Electra teams with Ontario First Nations investment firm on battery recycling

The effort is focused on selling black mass, made by recycling dead lithium-ion batteries, to Electra’s proposed refinery in northern Ontario.

Blair McBride - The Northern Miner | September 18, 2024 | 9:44 am

Giyani secures Botswana’s first manganese mining licence for Kgwakwe Hill

K.Hill will be one of the few battery-grade manganese projects outside China.

Staff Writer | September 18, 2024 | 9:18 am

Germany launches raw materials fund to strengthen supply chains

The German government is launching a $1.1 billion fund for investment in raw materials.

Bloomberg News | September 18, 2024 | 8:20 am

Coal India eyeing Argentina, Chile for critical minerals

India has been exploring ways to secure supplies of lithium.

Reuters | September 18, 2024 | 7:01 am

BHP’s Australian nickel stoppages spoil plans for LME alternative

Plans for two new nickel trading platforms to challenge the LME have been blown off course by BHP's planned suspension of its plants in Western Australia.

Reuters | September 18, 2024 | 6:59 am

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