Vale’s iron ore output totaled 68.0 million tonnes in 1Q21, 14.2% higher than in 1Q20, but down 5.5% compared to 72 million tonnes average analyst estimate.
Harjavalta refinery will expand production of nickel sulphate solution, which is used for the manufacture of intermediate products for lithium-ion batteries.
New research by the Argonne National Laboratory looks at the role of perovskite oxides that contain lanthanum or strontium, and cobalt combined with oxygen.
The Canadian miner said that the project not only contains vanadium-bearing magnetite bodies but its host gabbros also contain disseminated vanadium-bearing magnetite.
Nickel’s attempt at a comeback from the Tsingshan-induced slump was knocked back on Monday after successive warnings from China’s top politicians about rising raw material prices.
European automakers are dividing over whether to fight for PHEVs, or spend their financial and political capital accelerating the leap to fully electric vehicles.