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.
February 18, 2021 Sibanye-Stillwater profit soars, targets push for greener tech in future output Group gold production in 2020 rose to 982,559 ounces from 932,659 ounces a year earlier.
February 17, 2021 Why Tesla isn’t a “battery company” Even when assigning zero value to automakers’ non-EV business, Tesla’s valuation based solely on battery capacity deployed are multiples of Volkswagen, GM, BYD, Hyundai, Nissan and others.
February 17, 2021 Eramet sees higher core earnings this year after pandemic hit The company reported a net loss of 675 million euros ($817 million) for 2020.
February 17, 2021 Nickel was king in EV battery capacity deployment in 2020 Adamas Intelligence says that over 60% of all passenger EV battery capacity deployed globally in 2020 was in the form of high-nickel cells.
February 16, 2021 Challenge to water permit for Minnesota copper-nickel mine dismissed PolyMet's NorthMet project would become Minnesota’s first copper-nickel mine.
February 16, 2021 Nornickel 2020 profit sinks 39% as $2bn set aside to cover fuel spill fine Company has been fined $2-billion for the damage caused by the spill last year in Russia's worst environmental disaster in the Arctic.
Russia says stake in gold producer UGC to be put up for public auction soon In July 2025, a Russian court ruled that the majority stake in UGC should be seized and transferred to the state. December 30, 2025 | 08:24 am
