February 24, 2021 Brazilian Nickel gets green light for small-scale Piauí project It has received an installation licence for PNP1000, the initial, small-scale production phase of its Piauí nickel-cobalt project, in Brazil’s north-east.
February 23, 2021 Zambia achieves record high copper production in 2020, minister says Country aims to produce more than 900,000 tonnes of copper in 2021.
February 23, 2021 Philippines says 2020 nickel output up 3%, warns outlook uncertain Output in the world's biggest exporter of the material to China totalled 333,962 tonnes in 2020 compared with 323,325 tonnes in 2019.
February 22, 2021 Elon Musk should come clean: Tesla’s emissions are rising A company that thrives on the power of the sun shouldn’t hide the footprint of its own operations in shadow.
February 22, 2021 Canada could be top player in global EV battery market — report BMI says the combination of natural resources and a highly skilled workforce should help developing a sustainable value chain for battery materials.
February 22, 2021 Global EV sales pushed battery metals deployment in H2 2020 – report Adamas Intelligence reports that EV registrations grew by 58% year-on-year in the second half of 2020 and, with them, battery metals deployment.
February 22, 2021 OZ Minerals launches challenge to find green ways to extract metals The best proposals from "Ingenious Extraction" will be selected for acceleration. Early submission deadline is March 12.
February 21, 2021 Three people die in partial collapse of Nornickel’s Arctic processing plant The plant located in Arctic Siberia partially collapsed during maintenance.
February 19, 2021 Copper price keeps soaring as bullish sentiment prevails Citigroup analysts have pinned the global copper deficit at about 500,000 tonnes starting this year.
February 18, 2021 Copper price blasts to 9-year high on demand optimism Other industrial metals also jumped, with aluminum, nickel, tin and lead all hitting multi year highs.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
