April 5, 2019

Indonesia battery-grade nickel plant awaits environmental nod-developer

Indonesia's first plant to produce battery-grade nickel chemicals is on track to start operations by 2020.

April 2, 2019

Vale Indonesia targets 74,000 T nickel in matte output in 2019

Lower production this year is due to a 10-week shutdown started in mid-February to the third week of April.

April 1, 2019

UEX shares latest West Bear results

The company said that 14 of the 20 assays exceeded the cobalt equivalent grade of 0.023% or more.

March 29, 2019

Told-you-so rout hammers palladium in worst week since 2016

The metal hit an all-time high on March 21 after a massive rally that spurred predictions a reversal was inevitable.

March 29, 2019

American Manganese to help US government recover lithium-ion battery materials

The miner is the only private sector company taking part in the project to recover critical materials.

March 28, 2019

Europe aims to take its place on the global EV battery production stage

Europe has a dedicated €600 million stream of projects on raw materials. A lot of it is about innovation in the technologies used in mines.

March 28, 2019

Russia’s Nornickel to spend $1.4B on two expansion projects

Nornickel aims to ramp up nickel output and tap an expected boom in demand from electric vehicle makers.

March 28, 2019

Struggling small miners may lead to bigger industry woes

Small miners are finding it increasingly difficult to raise capital to fund new ventures despite the positive demand outlook for several commodities.

March 26, 2019

RNC enters A$50m purchase option for Westgold’s Higginsville

RNHigginsville contains 5.9 million proven and probable tonnes grading 1.92 grams gold per tonne for 367,000 oz. gold.

March 26, 2019

Pancontinental acquires battery and energy metals project in Ontario

The company says the acquisition of the St. Laurent project supports its strategy of exploring for battery and energy metals.