October 5, 2020 US grabs stake in battery metals miner to fight Chinese control Washington has sunk $25 million into battery metals company TechMet, which is developing a nickel and cobalt mine in Brazil.
October 2, 2020 Vale in talks with Tesla, EV sector for Canada nickel Musk offered a "giant contract" if supplies could be produced in an environmentally sensitive way.
October 2, 2020 Colombia’s mining future tied to metals not coal, minister says Mining concessions cover just 3% of Colombia's territory.
October 2, 2020 Indonesia says battery-grade nickel project drops deep-sea waste plan PT Hua Pioneer Indonesia, the company that requested the deep-sea tailing approval on behalf of the project had cancelled its request.
September 29, 2020 China EV ambitions threat to entire US auto industry – report A bipartisan, federal response is required for the US to compete with China’s ownership of the next generation of transportation, according to a new report from SAFE.
September 29, 2020 Jervois to buy cobalt, nickel refinery in Brazil The São Miguel Paulista refinery had a production capacity of 25,000 mtpa of nickel and 2,000 mtpa of cobalt before it was placed on care and maintenance in 2016.
September 28, 2020 Atlantic Nickel extends Santa Rita mine life to 34 years Appian Capital Advisory’s Atlantic Nickel has released the results from a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its wholly owned Santa Rita nickel-copper-cobalt mine in northeastern Brazil.
September 25, 2020 Visualizing the range of EVs on major highway routes 2020 all-electric vehicle range on well-recognized routes, from California’s I-5 in the U.S. to the A3 autobahn in Germany.
September 24, 2020 Mines are the biggest holes in Tesla’s $25,000 car plans “We sorta take a chunk of dirt out of the ground, remove the lithium, and put the chunk of dirt back where it was. It will not look, like, terrible.…
September 24, 2020 Canada Nickel shares up on new Crawford drill results The project ranks as one of the 12 largest nickel sulphide resources globally, according to the company.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
