Nickel Top Stories

First Quantum begins commercial production at Zambia nickel mine

Once at full tilt, the Enterprise mine will be a top-ten global nickel producer, churning out about 30,000 tonnes of the metal a year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2024 | 3:50 am

Column: In search of the elusive green nickel premium

Just about every Western producer will tell you metal produced…

Reuters | July 23, 2024 | 3:50 pm

Scientists discover ‘dark oxygen’ being produced by seabed metals

Researchers sampled the seabed of the Clarion-Clapperton Zone to assess…

Staff Writer | July 23, 2024 | 9:37 am

Lifezone produces first metal from Kabanga nickel project in Tanzania

This milestone marks the first metal production from Kabanga since…

Staff Writer | July 23, 2024 | 8:50 am

Civil society groups file complaint against The Metals Company

Deep-sea miner is said to have misled investors, government officials,…

Staff Writer | July 23, 2024 | 7:43 am

Hybrid cars throw lifeline to platinum metals

PGMs - principally platinum and palladium - face a long-term structural decline in demand as their main use has been to clean auto exhausts.

Reuters | September 10, 2024 | 7:04 am

Canada mulls surtax on Chinese critical mineral products, batteries, solar products

Canada said is launching a 30-day public consultation period on whether to slap a potential surtax on Chinese critical mineral products.

Reuters | September 10, 2024 | 7:03 am

Northvolt to cut staff, halt some output as EV demand falls

Northvolt vowed last year to invest $5.7 billion (C$7bn) in Canada's Quebec province to set up a battery plant.

Bloomberg News | September 10, 2024 | 3:08 am

Anglo American hired advisers to sell two nickel mines in Brazil

The two assets produce together about 38,000 tons of nickel per year.

Reuters | September 9, 2024 | 1:05 pm

Green funds with $14 billion eye first mining bets after slump

Leading miners have seen their valuations decline as slowing growth for electric cars and a weaker economy in China curtail demand for some commodities.

Bloomberg News | September 9, 2024 | 11:25 am

The Metals Company advances commercial-scale processing of deep-sea nodules

TMC and its partner PAMCO have produced approximately 500 tonnes of calcine during the first phase of a commercial-scale campaign.

Staff Writer | September 9, 2024 | 9:38 am

Column: London Metal Exchange looks to plug the liquidity drain

If the LME is to retain its position as price setter for the world's metals trade, it's time to evolve from its 19th century business model.

Reuters | September 9, 2024 | 7:59 am

SQM taps into Namibia lithium riches through Andrada deal

The Chilean lithium stroke a three-stage earn-in deal with South Africa's Andrada Mining to jointly develop the Lithium Ridge asset.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 9, 2024 | 7:39 am

Australia should address miners’ concerns, industry group says

There are growing tensions between Prime Minister Albanese’s center-left government and the mining sector on various policies.

Bloomberg News | September 9, 2024 | 6:59 am

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