March 22, 2021

Nexa Resources halts zinc mine in Brazil

The miner has detected unusual ground displacements at the Extremo Norte mine, part of the Vazante complex.

March 22, 2021

Glencore says Australian nickel plant running at reduced production after outage

Repair work is underway at Glencore PLC's Murrin Murrin nickel and cobalt plant in Western Australia following a component failure at an acid plant that left the facility running at…

March 19, 2021

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Mining profits reach $230 billion a year, topped only by oil & gas, pharma; Lithium prices continue to soar – up 88% in 2021; Massive new port could give Vale…

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.