February 12, 2024 Alaska Energy boosts contained nickel at Nikolai project to 8 billion lb. The new resource includes 813 million tonnes of indicated material grading 0.29% nickel equivalent.
February 12, 2024 Glencore to sell stake in troubled New Caledonia nickel operation Glencore will keep the nickel plant under care and maintenance for six months, during which its employees would continue to be paid.
February 11, 2024 Australia’s International Graphite to commission $8 million plant The company plans to use graphite concentrate from its Springdale project to feed the plant's downstream processing operations.
February 11, 2024 Argentina, US strengthen ties concerning critical minerals The Argentine Chamber of Mining Companies and the US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs met to open up cooperation avenues.
February 9, 2024 EU, US to align global minerals push against China’s supply grip The aim is to combine the EU’s high-level policy approach with the US focus on specific projects, Bloomberg sources said.
February 9, 2024 Syrah starts active anode material production in Louisiana This makes the graphite miner the first commercial-scale vertically integrated natural graphite AAM supplier outside China.
February 9, 2024 AI-powered Zambian copper mine may become world’s third largest KoBold Metals said this week that its discovery at the Mingomba project far surpasses existing operations in Chile by copper grade.
February 8, 2024 Green shoots for copper, nickel, zinc, aluminium prices Macquarie says January's full set of PMIs looks like a potential turning point for the global industrial cycle.
February 8, 2024 Canada Nickel plans to raise $1 billion for processing plant The processing plant in Ontario is expected to begin production in 2027 and process 80,000 tonnes of nickel annually.
February 8, 2024 Portuguese prosecutors seek to annul environment permit for Savannah lithium mine The Savannah mine was part of a wider probe last year by Portuguese prosecutors into alleged illegalities in lithium and "green" hydrogen deals.
Copper price nears $13,000 on tariffs woes, supply strain Mine outages, tariff risks and tight supply push copper toward a milestone despite weakening Chinese demand. December 29, 2025 | 05:51 am