Russia declares state of emergency over Nornickel’s Arctic fuel spill Cause of the spill is likely a combination of both climate change and infrastructure-related factors. Bloomberg News | June 4, 2020 | 8:53 am
German auto stimulus to boost VW’s electric push Buyer incentives for passenger cars, including a lowering of value added tax to 16% from 19% were included as part of a 130 billion euro stimulus. Reuters | June 4, 2020 | 8:22 am
Indonesia nickel ore export ban to remain Country will keep decision even as it relaxes exports of some other minerals, the director of minerals at ministry says. Reuters | June 4, 2020 | 8:10 am
Li-ion battery demand to grow tenfold by 2029 – report Roskill predicts capacity will reach 1,800GWh before the end of the decade. MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 4, 2020 | 6:10 am
Millennial Lithium gets license to expand Pastos Grandes project The Canadian miner now controls all tenements previously owned by state company Remsa. MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 3, 2020 | 6:10 am
US hopes to expand strategic minerals initiative Currently there are ten countries under the Energy Resource Governance Initiative. Reuters | June 2, 2020 | 2:21 pm
Chinese battery breakthrough needn’t worry cobalt price bulls Svolt's new cobalt-less battery technology has long road ahead, says Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. Frik Els | June 2, 2020 | 1:25 pm
Atlantic Nickel’s Santa Rita marks Q1 milestones The mine is on track to ramp up to 105,000 tonnes by the end of 2020. Jackson Chen | June 2, 2020 | 12:05 pm
Metal inventories pile up in factories, smelters Aluminum inventories have already climbed and are forecast to surge by 5 million tonnes by the end of 2020 to 16 million. Reuters | June 1, 2020 | 10:03 am