February 14, 2023 How Citigroup helped lift the lid on Trafigura’s nickel nightmare Until late October, the US bank had been helping to finance Trafigura’s nickel trades with companies linked to Indian businessman Prateek Gupta.
February 14, 2023 Stillwater partners with Cornell University on hydrometallurgy and carbon capture initiatives The partnership would fall under the MINER program funded by the DOE via the Advanced Research Projects Agency.
February 14, 2023 Once-hot EV metals fragile as China warning follows Goldman Following a 45% rally in 2022, nickel has slumped 11% on the London Metal Exchange this year.
February 14, 2023 Electric vehicle sales top $1 trillion in wake-up call for carmakers Global auto sales are worth around $2.5 trillion a year.
February 14, 2023 Deep-sea mining may disrupt whale communication, study finds Noises produced by mining the seabed could interfere with whales' ability to communicate with one another.
February 14, 2023 Bluejay Mining pulls demerger plan, aims to raise $6 million It said the spinoff of its battery and critical metals exploration unit, Disko Exploration, is no longer considered the right strategy.
February 11, 2023 Trafigura’s nickel nemesis was already notorious in metal circles Indian businessman Prateek Gupta and his companies, against whom Trafigura secured a $625 million freezing order this week, have a checkered history in the trading world.
February 10, 2023 Trafigura tells its banks they aren’t exposed to nickel fraud Trafigura is briefing lenders that none of its banks have direct exposure to the nickel deals linked to systematic fraud.
February 10, 2023 Nornickel 2022 core profit down as sales drop Nornickel is the world's largest producer of palladium and refined nickel.
February 10, 2023 Vale Indonesia breaks ground on $2.5 billion ferronickel smelter The Bahodopi project will produce ferronickel with 73,000-80,000 tonnes of nickel content per year, Vale said.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm