December 15, 2020 Base metals get supercharged thanks to China rebound Industrial metals are well on their way to being among the top performers of 2020.
December 15, 2020 Eramet, BASF target electric vehicles with nickel, cobalt project The companies are to study the development of a high-pressure acid leaching (HPAL) plant in Weda Bay, Indonesia.
December 15, 2020 Vale adopts new global working model The flexible office format will allow employees to switch between remote work and face-to-face meetings at collaborative hubs.
December 15, 2020 Fire breaks out at Vale mine amid protests in New Caledonia Last week, Vale suspended operations in New Caledonia amid the unrest.
December 15, 2020 Canada Nickel, Ontario First Nations to advance Crawford The parties have committed to engage in ongoing consultation and establish a mutually beneficial relationship.
December 14, 2020 Inobat to create ‘green battery ecosystem’ in Europe It begins with discovering and developing better performing, and more environmentally friendly cell chemistries.
December 14, 2020 Tesla teams to visit Indonesia to check on investment in EV components Minister told Reuters last month that "there is a really good chance" that companies will want to invest in Indonesian nickel processing to cut costs.
December 11, 2020 Vale suspends operations at New Caledonia after protests Company has halted operations after pro-independence protests nearby, and that military forces are now guarding the evacuated plant.
December 10, 2020 EV Metal Index on course for record year MINING.COM EV Metal Index, which tracks the value of battery metals in newly registered passenger EVs surge 80% year on year.
December 8, 2020 Palladium One reports successful discoveries at Tyko project in Ontario The miner said that at less than 30 metres true-depth, a 4-metre and a 2-metre wide drill intercept of massive magmatic sulphide was discovered.
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