Nickel pig iron producers eye up electric vehicle battery market
Nickel is a key component of the lithium-ion rechargeable batteries used to power electric vehicles.
Nickel is a key component of the lithium-ion rechargeable batteries used to power electric vehicles.
Chinese imports of refined nickel fell by 32% year-on-year to 130,700 tonnes in 2020.
MINING.COM EV Metal Index surges to over $500m of lithium, graphite, cobalt and nickel in newly-sold electric cars worldwide in one month as prices continue to climb and deployment smashes previous records.
Tesla’s large deployment of battery metals is explained by the rolling out of its made-in-China Model 3s.
Vision Blue is investing $29.5 million in Canadian miner NextSource Materials, which is developing a graphite mine in Madagascar.
A report commissioned by the European Union forecasts nickel demand to grow globally by 2.6Mt Ni to 2040, up from only 92kt Ni in 2020.
The Gates-Bezos backed firm now has active exploration projects in Zambia, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Western Australia
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