June 14, 2018 Japan’s Sumitomo Metal says global nickel deficit to widen this year Global demand for nickel is increasing by 7.3 percent in 2018 from last year to 2.298 million tonnes, while supply rises 6.8 percent to 2.210 m tonnes,
June 14, 2018 RANKED: Commodities that are added to mining company names No surprise who the winner is.
June 11, 2018 Vale moves ahead with long-awaited expansion of Voisey’s Bay mine Transiting Voisey's Bay nickel mine from open-pit operations to underground will cost about $2 billion, and is expected to extend its productive life to 2035.
June 8, 2018 Vale confirms coming ‘announcement’ about Canada’s Voisey’s Bay mine Government and company officials told CBC News that a "significant" mining announcement would take place on Monday.
June 8, 2018 Northvolt begins building Europe’s largest lithium-ion battery plant The battery cell maker is working on the first section of the factory, in Skellefteå in the north of Sweden, which will be completed in 2020 and produce eight gigawatt…
June 6, 2018 It was a great first quarter for battery material financings Lithium, copper and nickel.
June 5, 2018 About 75,000 jobs to go in Germany’s auto industry because of EVs — study The country's car industry currently employs about 840,000 people, with 210,000 of them working on powertrain production, the sub-sector set to be the worst hit.
June 4, 2018 Cobalt thrifting in EV batteries won’t dent price any time soon Even best-case, mass early roll-out of new cobalt-light batteries won’t solve cobalt supply issues says new report.
June 4, 2018 Metals merry-go-round: hiring picks up as prices recover More hires are expected as brokers eye opportunities from China’s mainland exchanges opening to investors abroad.
June 1, 2018 China’s Shandong Xinhai told to cut nickel pig iron output for summit -official Shandong Xinhai has annual nickel pig iron production capacity of around 1.2 million tonnes.
Copper price set for biggest annual gain since 2009 on supply bets The red metal has notched a series of all-time highs in an end-of-year surge, rallying over 40% on the London Metal Exchange this year. December 31, 2025 | 10:31 am
