January 6, 2022

Deep-sea research campaign aims to tap world’s largest known source of EV battery metals

Mining international waters is in the spotlight as companies and countries are looking at minerals concentrated on the ocean floor that can be used in batteries for smart phones and…

January 5, 2022

Magna wraps 2021 drilling at Shakespeare with long, strong nickel and copper

Magna notes that the Shakespeare project is permitted, and that the feasibility study will be released in the first quarter this year.

January 3, 2022

EV battery costs set to rise in 2022 as lithium price extends gains

Prices for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China jumped this year to a record high.

December 31, 2021

Top 20 mining stories of 2021

Another record-setting year for the metals and mining industry and for MINING.COM.

December 31, 2021

Base metals shine in 2021 on robust China demand, supply concerns

Both London and Shanghai copper benchmarks have gained more than 20% this year so far.

December 28, 2021

CNGR to buy nickel, cobalt from Xiamen Xiangyu

Chinese battery materials producer said it would buy over a five-year period as part of a broad strategic cooperation agreement.

December 27, 2021

Indonesia president launches $2.7 billion China-backed ferronickel plant

The plant will be able to process 13 million tonnes of nickel ore annually.

December 24, 2021

BHP and Noront terminate support agreement

BHP and Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals had been engaged in a tug of war with competing offers for Noront since July.

December 24, 2021

The world’s largest nickel mining companies

Using data from Mining Intelligence, this graphic shows the top 10 companies by nickel production along with their market cap.

December 22, 2021

US faces tough choices in 2022 on mines for electric vehicle metals

Biden in August issued an executive order aimed at making half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 electric.