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.

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.