November 14, 2017 Planetary Resources readies asteroid mining technology for Dec. launch The Arkyd-6 spacecraft includes core technology that will be used in the company’s asteroid exploration program.
November 14, 2017 Former Xstrata CEO Mick Davis may become Rio Tinto new chairman The mining veteran could face competition from internal candidates, including former head of UK gas company Centrica, Sam Laidlaw, who now sits on Rio’s board.
November 10, 2017 Finnish nickel producer, Trafigura tap electric vehicle boom Trafigura Group provides $200m in funding to Finland's Terrafame nickel mine, which plans to start producing material for electric vehicle batteries by 2020.
November 8, 2017 China’s Antaike says global nickel deficit to shrink in 2018 Global deficit in nickel supply to drop 53,000 tonnes in 2018 from 98,000 tonnes this year, partly due to recovery in Chinese production growth.
November 3, 2017 London Metal Exchange Week galvanised by electric dreams: Andy Home This year, copper was shoved out of the London limelight by new hot metals such as lithium, cobalt and nickel.
November 2, 2017 BHP aims for more copper, oil; steers away from EV minerals BHP CCO Balhuizen says while 2017 marks "tipping point" for EVs entering mainstream of metals demand forecasting, in terms of sales mass move is further off.
November 2, 2017 Uranium superstar goes all-in on impending nickel crunch Mike Beck gives a provides a detailed analysis on lithium, uranium, and nickel.
November 1, 2017 BHP to step up copper exploration, expansions to meet electric vehicles sector’s rising demand World's biggest miner is getting ready to provide enough copper for the 140 million electric cars forecast by 2035.
October 31, 2017 Nickel: The secret driver of the battery revolution Commodity markets are being turned upside down by the EV revolution.
October 31, 2017 Electric cars set world’s nickel miners on new course Battery boom promises new and growing market for high-grade nickel products, but half the world's supply of the metal is unsuitable for battery production.
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
