June 21, 2021

RANKED: World’s top ten biggest nickel mines

The metal plays a key role in the global transition to clean energy and demand from the EV sector alone is expected to grow by 2.6Mt to 2040.

June 21, 2021

GRAPHICS: What’s the plan? Corporate polluters lag on setting climate goals

More than 40 of the world's 250 biggest corporate emitters - or 16% - are only just starting to assess their emissions, report shows.

June 21, 2021

Russian billionaire Potanin will not join in Nornickel buyback

Potanin owns a 34.6% stake in Nornickel, which plans to buy up to 3.4% of its shares for $2-billion.

June 21, 2021

Volvo and Northvolt team up to build new battery gigafactory in Europe

Partnership will help Volvo’s efforts to make half of its cars fully electric by mid-decade and all of them 100% electric by 2030.

June 20, 2021

Europe taking steps to cut reliance on China for raw materials

The European Commissioner for Internal Market called on member states to boost partnerships with resource-rich countries and explore sustainable mining in the EU.

June 20, 2021

The climate change fight is adding to the global inflation scare

The potential price hit from the green revolution is adding to the arguments about the inflation outlook that are already brewing.

June 19, 2021

Base metals demand expected to benefit from green revolution – report

A report by the CRU Group states that EVs and renewables are expected to support the demand for zinc, copper, and nickel.

June 18, 2021

As copper plunges, Appian bets on shortages from electrification

The private equity fund is ramping up a new mine in Brazil’s northeastern region.

June 18, 2021

Home: Metals boom sees the return of physically-backed funds

Nornickel, through its Global Palladium Fund (GPF) arm, has just launched physically-backed copper and nickel investment products on the London Stock Exchange.

June 18, 2021

Giga Metals may produce mixed hydroxide precipitate for li-ion batteries

MHP is a chemical form of nickel and cobalt that is experiencing rapid demand increase for its role in the supply chain for lithium-ion batteries.