December 29, 2022

Barrick Gold eyeing mineral deposits in Indonesia, CEO says

The company’s Asia-Pacific exploration team is searching for deposits along a vast mineral belt that stretches from Pakistan to Papua New Guinea.

December 28, 2022

How to give new life to lithium-ion anodes

Researchers have figured out how to recover lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese from an anode in just a few seconds.

December 27, 2022

Three cathode chemistries to dominate $430bln-Li-ion market – report

According to IDTechEx, NMC, NCA, and LFP will continue to be the dominant cathode materials at least until 2033.

December 26, 2022

Anglo American carries out water reclamation project in Brazil

The water employed in the operation of the pipeline that transports iron ore from Minas Rio to São João da Barra is set to be reused.

December 23, 2022

Triple Flag acquires royalty on polymetallic Thunder Bay North project

Triple Flag is acquiring up to a 2.5% NSR royalty for $15 million on the platinum, palladium, copper and nickel project.

December 23, 2022

Hedge funds lose court fight for LME disclosure of nickel crisis communications

The firms are challenging moves by the LME, which cancelled about $3.9 billion worth of trades on March 8.

December 22, 2022

Premium Nickel aims to re-open Selebi mine in Botswana 

The Selebi south deposit has a resource of 11.28 million tonnes grading 0.98% nickel and 1.9% copper.

December 22, 2022

Electra Battery Materials launches demonstration plant in Temiskaming Shores

Electra claims it will process up to 75 tonnes of black mass material in batches mode using its proprietary hydrometallurgical process in the demonstration plant.

December 21, 2022

Indonesia confirms bauxite export ban to proceed as scheduled

The measure, which led to a dispute at the World Trade Organization, also helped boost the value of Indonesia's exports.

December 21, 2022

Terrafame to start mining uranium in Finland by mid-2024

The miner will extract uranium as a byproduct of zinc and nickel production and aims to produce 200 tonnes per year by 2026.