June 1, 2021

Global EV battery sales surge as demand for clean cars booms

Sales of EV batteries rose to 65.9 gigawatt-hours in the January-April period, from 26.8 gigawatt-hours a year earlier, SNE Research said Tuesday.

June 1, 2021

Vale to suspend operations at Sudbury after failed labour talks

This is the first time USW 6500 workers have been on the picketline since a year-long strike ended in July 2010.

May 31, 2021

Trudeau’s EV ambitions need strategic shift, nickel CEO says

The coronavirus pandemic highlighted the importance of securing supplies on a regional level and further strengthen western countries’ desire to end reliance on China.

May 28, 2021

Cobalt, nickel price: Rapid LFP uptake dents EV bull case

Global per-vehicle use of nickel and cobalt has fallen by a fifth over the past year – in China, it’s down by more than 40%.

May 26, 2021

Nissan said to be in talks to build battery plant in UK

The gigafactory, which would be built on the existing Sunderland site, is expected to support the production of 200,000 batteries a year.

May 25, 2021

Forrest’s Wyloo Metals plans takeover offer for Noront Resources, stock surges

Noront is developing nickel, copper, chrome and platinum projects in Ontario's Ring of Fire region.

May 25, 2021

Biden looks abroad for electric vehicle metals, in blow to US miners

The approach would see the US rely on Canada, Australia, and Brazil - among others - to produce most of the critical raw materials needed.

May 25, 2021

Nornickel hires new production chief

Company has hired Sergey Stepanov, former CEO at titanium producer VSMPO, as senior vice president in charge of production.

May 25, 2021

Global Mining Symposium: Manitoba’s vast under-explored mineral wealth has much to offer, panel says

There are large areas that are under-explored and these are areas that have a huge amount of potential for Tier-One discoveries, TNM's recent Global Mining Symposium has heard.

May 24, 2021

Huayou, EVE Energy to start $2bn nickel-cobalt smelter in Indonesia

Several other Chinese-backed nickel plants are under construction in Indonesia.