Copper price rises as banking worries ease Regional US lender First Citizens BancShares scooped up the assets of SVB on Monday. MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 28, 2023 | 8:41 am
Nickel price extends rebound on short-covering, low stocks Prices jumped on Friday as inventories in warehouses linked to the Shanghai Futures Exchange slid to the lowest since July last year. Reuters | March 28, 2023 | 8:05 am
Merdeka Battery Materials plans $580 million IPO It will be the second nickel firm in Indonesia to go public this year after PT Trimegah Bangun Persada of the Harita conglomerate group. Reuters | March 28, 2023 | 7:54 am
US, Japan strike deal on supply of minerals for EV batteries EVs that use materials that have been collected or processed in Japan will be eligible for incentives under the IRA. Bloomberg News | March 28, 2023 | 7:43 am
Biden tees up a supply chain rethink with challenge to China’s EVs Ford confirmed last month that it will tap technology from CATL for a $3.5 billion plant it’s building in Michigan. Bloomberg News | March 28, 2023 | 7:32 am
Sandvik gets $63 million order from Torex Gold The order includes 15 battery-electric vehicles and 20 conventional internal combustion engine equipment units. Reuters | March 28, 2023 | 7:22 am
Researchers closer to understanding how orogenic gold belts are formed Chinese scientists are proposing the idea that lithospheric crust-mantle decoupling could be related to the formation of orogenic gold deposits. Staff Writer | March 28, 2023 | 6:12 am
Bluejay Mining expands drilling at Finland nickel project Decision follows "encouraging" results from the first exploration program of 2023 at Bluejay's Enonkoski nickel project. Staff Writer | March 28, 2023 | 5:50 am
Lundin Mining pays $950m for controlling stake in Caserones copper mine in Chile The Canadian miner is acquiring a 51% stake in the company that operates Caserones from Japan’s JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corp. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 28, 2023 | 3:45 am