March 19, 2021

Global nickel surplus shrinks in January

The global nickel market surplus shrank to 8,400 tonnes in January from a revised surplus of 14,700 tonnes in the previous month.

March 19, 2021

Securing raw materials key to China’s economic, carbon neutrality goals – report

A report by Wood Mackenzie states that China needs to secure a competitive supply of raw materials to guarantee its clean growth.

March 18, 2021

US looks to Canada for minerals to build electric vehicles

The US government is working to help American miners and battery makers expand into Canada, part of a strategy to boost regional production of minerals used to make electric vehicles…

March 17, 2021

RANKED: World’s top 10 nickel projects – 2021

No. 1 is a deep sea polymetallic project with a 75,000 square kilometre exploration tenement.

March 16, 2021

EV Metal Index doubles year-on-year as lithium, cobalt prices rally

Despite a big drop from December’s blowout high, January 2021 still ranks as the fourth best month for the MINING.COM EV Metal Index thanks to rising cobalt, nickel and lithium…

March 16, 2021

Nickel demand for EVs to outpace lithium and cobalt – report

Fitch expects nickel demand for EV battery manufacturing to average 29% annual growth rate until 2030.

March 16, 2021

Nornickel downgrades output forecast by 15-20% after mine restarts delayed

Operations at the Oktyabrsky and Taimyrsky mines are unlikely to restart fully for another 3-4 months.

March 16, 2021

Silkroad to supply 2.7m tonnes nickel ore to Tsingshan

Tsingshan uses nickel ore to make stainless steel raw material nickel pig iron (NPI) in Indonesia.

March 15, 2021

Canada unveils its 2021 critical mineral list

Canada can leverage its mining and processing expertise as well as its natural resource endowment and its world-leading environmental, social, and governance credentials.

March 15, 2021

Glencore shakes up management with three top traders to exit

Following the departures, the zinc and copper trading units will be merged.