December 6, 2021 London nickel market tightens as China lifts imports nickel looks set to remain a tight market with the flow of metal into China transferring the tightness from Shanghai to London, writes Andy Home.
December 3, 2021 BHP extends Noront bid deadline again amid Wyloo talks Move buys BHP and Wyloo more time for discussions over the takeover of Noront Resources, owner of the Eagle’s Nest nickel and copper deposit in Ontario.
December 2, 2021 Exploration Snapshot: Eight companies searching for future mines Mining companies are scouring the globe for new deposits.
December 2, 2021 China’s Chengtun to invest $245m in Indonesian nickel matte project The venture, known as PT ChengMach Nickel, will produce 40,000 tonnes per year of nickel matte.
December 1, 2021 GM partners with POSCO to build NA battery materials plant GM did not disclose the planned investment or size of the facility but said it could announce a location in early 2022.
December 1, 2021 Clean Air Metals’ PEA rates Thunder Bay North NPV at $303m, IRR at 29.8% Payback from the start of commercial operation would take 2.4 years with the initial capital expenditure estimated at C$367 million.
December 1, 2021 Battery pack prices fall but commodity boom may drive them back up – report BloombergNEF data show that lithium-ion battery pack prices fell 6% from 2020 to 2021 but rising commodity prices are putting pressure on the industry.
December 1, 2021 Adoption of renewables still too slow to limit climate crisis — IEA Growth in the sector is set to hit an all-time record this year, but that's not enough to reach net zero emissions by 2050, says the agency.
December 1, 2021 Huayou’s Indonesia nickel JV starts trial production China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt becomes the second to commission nickel and cobalt HPAL plants in Indonesia this year.
November 30, 2021 Why OEMs are upping battery recycling capacity – report According to IDTechEx, OEMs’ growing interest in battery recycling means that 12 million tonnes of li-ion batteries will be recycled by 2042.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am
