March 30, 2022 Biden’s battery metal push does nothing to ease mining permit bottleneck It takes a about seven to 10 years to get a mine up and running in the US, compared to two to three years in neighboring Canada.
March 30, 2022 Nickel price climbs in thin trading as investors weigh supply risks Prices rose as much as 4.2% on the London Metal Exchange, with about 200 lots changing hands in the first hour of trading.
March 30, 2022 Biden poised to use Cold War powers to boost battery metals The White House is set to add battery materials to the list of items covered by the 1950 Defense Production Act.
March 30, 2022 FPX Nickel creates new subsidiary focused on carbon capture and storage CO2 Lock is expected to operate as a standalone entity from FPX, and will establish ownership interests in prospective mineral tenures.
March 30, 2022 Tesla inks secret multi-year nickel supply deal with Vale The deal is one of several the electric vehicles giant has forged over the last year to secure supply of battery metals.
March 29, 2022 From VW to JPMorgan, the unlikely cast behind nickel’s big squeeze Getting to the bottom of who did what, when, and why, could take months or years.
March 29, 2022 LME to hold independent review into nickel crisis The LME suspended nickel trading on March 8 after prices spiked by more than 50%.
March 29, 2022 Nickel paralysis deepens as battered LME market barely trades The market has remained in near-paralysis, even on days when prices have been trading within the 15% daily limit.
March 29, 2022 Inomin shares up on intercepts at Beaver nickel-cobalt project in British Columbia In all, the 2021 drill program consisted of five holes and covered 716 metres.
March 29, 2022 Sumitomo Metal sees global nickel demand for battery use at 410,000t in 2022 Global demand for nickel used in batteries is expected to rise more than 20% this year.
Codelco, SQM seal lithium venture in Chile’s Atacama desert NovaAndino Litio, the venture, will control all lithium exploration, production and sales in the Atacama salar until 2060. December 27, 2025 | 09:38 am