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.
February 15, 2021 Indonesia’s Antam targets 77% y/y jump in nickel ore output The state-controlled miner is planning to increase its nickel ore output to 8.44 million wet metric tonnes this year.
February 14, 2021 Carbon footprint of nickel sulphate transport may start to worry OEMs – report ESG concerns will be the result of the rising supply of MHP aimed at responding to the demand for battery metal commodities.
February 12, 2021 Nickel price: Indonesia confirms Tesla talks An Indonesian official has confirmed earlier reports that the government will begin early talks with Tesla.
February 11, 2021 Nickel price at highest since 2014 amid growing EV battery demand Nickel has quietly been going neck-in-neck with copper since the start of the base metals rally.
February 11, 2021 Nickel pig iron producers eye up electric vehicle battery market Nickel is a key component of the lithium-ion rechargeable batteries used to power electric vehicles.
February 11, 2021 China’s 2020 refined nickel imports slump to 6-year low Chinese imports of refined nickel fell by 32% year-on-year to 130,700 tonnes in 2020.
February 10, 2021 EV metal index beats record by 54% as electric cars reach tipping point MINING.COM EV Metal Index surges to over $500m of lithium, graphite, cobalt and nickel in newly-sold electric cars worldwide in one month as prices continue to climb and deployment smashes…
February 10, 2021 Tesla deployed more EV battery materials than its four closest competitors combined in 2020 Tesla’s large deployment of battery metals is explained by the rolling out of its made-in-China Model 3s.
February 9, 2021 Sumitomo Metal lifts profit forecast on higher metals prices The company now predicts a net profit of 78 billion yen ($739 million) for the year, against its previous guidance of 46 billion yen.
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