November 23, 2021

Can plants that suck metal from soil replace mining?

Agro-mining is the process of growing plants that absorb metal through soil, a mechanism to clean poisoned lands and maybe gather battery components like nickel and cobalt.

November 22, 2021

CHARTS: Mining’s fattest margins

New report expects gold mining companies to enjoy their best margins in history next year, while copper miners should enjoy another year of 100% gaps.

November 22, 2021

‘Greenflation’ a risk for renewable energy, but long-term viability intact

Prices of metals such as tin, aluminum, copper, nickel and cobalt have risen between 20% and 91% this year.

November 22, 2021

Canada Nickel expands footprint in Ontario with 13 new properties

The target properties are within a radius of 95 km of the company’s flagship Crawford nickel-cobalt project.

November 19, 2021

New material improves li-ion battery charging speed by 10 times

Researchers say that by using nickel niobate in the anode of lithium-ion batteries, the charging speed can be improved by 10 times.

November 18, 2021

Kabanga says Tanzania mine may answer Elon Musk’s nickel plea

The project would eventually produce as much as 50,000 tonnes of nickel cathodes a year, as well as smaller amounts of copper and cobalt.

November 18, 2021

Global energy storage installation expected to be 20 times larger within a decade

BloombergNEF says boom in stationary energy storage will require more than $262 billion of investment.

November 17, 2021

Polluting metals may be greener than you think, Citigroup says

Contrary to conventional wisdom, analysts including Max Layton found that metals like copper, nickel, aluminum and steel can drive down global-warming gases.

November 17, 2021

BHP sees need for battery metals more than doubling in 30 years

The world’s no. 1 miner says copper output will need to double and nickel tripled in 30 years to reach decarbonization goals.

November 16, 2021

Guatemala kicks off consultation at halted nickel project

The Félix project was suspended in 2019, after a court upheld a request from Indigenous campaigners claiming lack of proper consultation.