August 3, 2022 BHP to boost nickel exploration spending amid EV boom e miner said it has the second largest nickel sulphide resource base globally, based on its land holding in the Agnew-Wiluna belt in Western Australia.
August 3, 2022 Global copper and nickel smelting slides in July, satellite data shows Smelting activity was hit by weakness in China and the biggest mining region South America.
August 2, 2022 Nornickel reduces nickel, palladium sales in H1 as supply chains disrupted Nornickel's first-half sales of nickel fell by 6%, palladium by 4% and platinum by 18%.
August 1, 2022 Indonesia to issue nickel export tax rules in Q3 The government is keen to take advantage of Indonesia's large deposits of nickel to eventually produce batteries for electric vehicles.
July 28, 2022 Nornickel boosts output of all key metals Company kept its previous 2022 output forecast unchanged despite difficulties posed by Western sanctions against Moscow over Ukraine.
July 27, 2022 Elon Musk crafts new master plan before Tesla pulls off the old one Before readers of Musk’s next plan get their hopes up about all he intends to achieve, this track record suggests cautious optimism is warranted.
July 26, 2022 Race to secure battery metals heats up as GM, Ford ink deals General Motors announced three deals Tuesday for supplies of raw materials needed for its EV fleet.
July 26, 2022 Environmental groups ask Tesla to stop nickel plans in Indonesia Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, offered Tesla the opportunity to invest in an end-to-end EV supply chain
July 22, 2022 LME won’t ban Nornickel’s metal as Russian firm isn’t under UK sanctions The LME said it was continuing to assess the sanctions Britain imposed in June on Potanin, known as Russia's "Nickel King".
July 22, 2022 UPDATE: Knotty nickel supply chain highly exposed to new price shocks Volatile market reeling from a big short gone wrong can blow up if West imposes sanctions on Russia. And don’t expect Indonesia to fill in gaps anytime soon.
Column: Can Africa win as the West and China scramble for minerals? What is different this time compared to the colonial conquest of Africa two centuries ago is that African countries have far more choice. February 12, 2026 | 09:36 am
