August 24, 2020 Rio Tinto enters option for ALX’s Falcon project Rio may acquire up to an 80% interest in the project in northern Saskatchewan by incurring a total of $12 million in exploration expenditures over 6 years.
August 24, 2020 Elon Musk is going to have a hard time finding clean nickel Recent accidents suggest the industry will struggle to meet Musk’s request for a large quantity of the metal produced in an “environmentally sensitive” way.
August 24, 2020 BHP to fund Canada’s Midland nickel exploration BHP will fund 100% of Midland's initial search for nickel in Quebec, up to $1.06 million a year.
August 21, 2020 Nigerian oil services firm Japaul seeks $70 million to switch to mining Japaul has obtained licenses to mine gold, lead, nickel and copper.
August 20, 2020 Metal markets caught out by strength of Chinese stimulus The ghost of 2009 is looming ever larger in the industrial metals sector.
August 20, 2020 German battery recycling project awarded $1 million in public funding The ZSW project is aimed at efficiently recovering lithium, nickel, cobalt and natural graphite from spent batteries.
August 18, 2020 MINING.COM EV Metal Index surges 64% as Europe tops China Sales of electric cars in Western Europe sporting cobalt, nickel -heavy batteries reach 500,000 units, surpassing China as world's no. 1 EV market.
August 16, 2020 Platinum, copper, nickel alloy may be key for smart biomedical devices Researchers in Switzerland have used a platinum, copper, nickel and phosphorous alloy to develop an electrically conductive fibre.
August 12, 2020 Banks arranging $325m for Horizonte’s Brazil nickel project – shares jump Midday Wednesday, Horizonte’s stock was up 16% on the TSE.
August 11, 2020 Stainless surge revives nickel, but surplus still looms Rapidly rising stainless steel production in top consumer China has helped to preserve demand and prices of key ingredient.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
