January 23, 2023

Potanin says sanctions constrain Nornickel, force it to adjust strategy

Potanin was placed on a US sanctions list as part of wider measures targeting people close to Vladimir Putin.

January 22, 2023

The risks of plundering the periodic table

Humans have been squeezing the periodic table for over a century. Scientists warn about the risks of doing so.

January 21, 2023

Nornickel management proposes 76% dividend cut

Nornickel has proposed slashing its annual dividend for 2022 to $1.5 billion from the $6.3 billion paid out for 2021.

January 20, 2023

Bakrie Group seeks nickel mine, partners up for $9 billion EV project

The Indonesian conglomerate is looking to acquire a nickel mine in the resource-rich island of Sulawesi.

January 19, 2023

Column: Exchanges diversify as base metals trade shrinks in 2022

Volumes have fallen every month year-on-year since the suspension of nickel trading and the decision to cancel trades.

January 19, 2023

Talon Metals strikes new nickel-copper mineralization in Minnesota

Earlier this year, Tesla signed its first US nickel supply deal with Talon.

January 19, 2023

LME CEO says nickel reforms to be implemented ‘relatively quickly’

Trading volumes at the LME have been slowly declining primarily due to increased competition from the OTC markets.

January 19, 2023

Nickel market surplus narrows to 9,200 tonnes in November, INSG says

During the first 11 months of the year, the global market was oversupplied by 90,700 tonnes.

January 18, 2023

Canada Nickel confirms major discovery larger than flagship Crawford project in Ontario

All 16 drill holes completed on the Reid property have now intersected multi-hundred-metre intervals of nickel mineralization.

January 17, 2023

BASF, Eramet to finalize $2.6bn partnership on Indonesia nickel smelter

The partnership would build a hydro-metallurgical complex with an output capacity of 67,000 tonnes of nickel and 7,500 tonnes of cobalt per year.