October 27, 2020

Nickel Asia’s Hinatuan mine suspends operations after covid-19 outbreak

Work has been suspended from Tuesday until Nov. 10 as a containment measure after 19 employees tested positive.

October 27, 2020

Nickel surplus looms as electric vehicle buzz fades

Nickel bulls may have to defer their great EV expectations for a while yet and focus on what is happening in the currently far more significant stainless steel sector.

October 27, 2020

Nickel’s sizzling rally cools, but not over yet

Metal’s spectacular rally over the last month still has momentum, but as supplies rise and demand dwindles, prices will retreat.

October 26, 2020

China’s new infrastructure plan to boost metal demand – report

The plan will support the government's beneficiation ambition in the metals industry, Fitch says.

October 26, 2020

Nornickel to consider 9-month dividend, looks to limit payments

Company should keep its dividend payments for 2020 to a mininum level, co-owner and top shareholder Vladimir Potanin told Reuters.

October 25, 2020

Philippines pushes to end mining lawsuits to pave way for sale

Lawsuits have hampered the government’s efforts to privatize the assets.

October 23, 2020

Antam mulls boosting stake in biggest nickel deposit owner

The Indonesian state-owned miner has reached out to investment banks to discuss a potential stake purchase from Tsingshan.

October 23, 2020

Biden campaign tells miners it supports domestic production of EV metals

Biden supports bipartisan efforts to foster a domestic supply chain for lithium, copper, rare earths, nickel and other strategic materials.

October 22, 2020

Anglo American output in Q3 jumps, thanks to Collahuasi

Total production climbed by 24% from Q2 on the back of continued strong performance of Collahuasi copper mine in Chile.

October 21, 2020

Over $1 trillion needed for energy transition metals

In a new report, Wood Mackenzie says governments across the world are using stimulus packages to accelerate their decarbonisation journeys.