December 2, 2025 Column: China built Indonesia’s nickel boom but could yet bust it China financed and built Indonesia's nickel industry, transforming the country into the world's largest producer in the space of a decade.
November 26, 2025 Trader accused by Trafigura says there was ‘no deception’ Prateek Gupta continues to allege that Trafigura’s executives knew that what they were buying was not LME brand nickel.
November 24, 2025 Value of EV battery nickel second highest on record, cobalt at 30-month high Low LFP-penetration markets, Europe is off to the races in 2025 and US buyers pull forward purchases before subsidies end.
November 24, 2025 Trafigura staff raised nickel concerns years before fraud claim Trafigura’s lawyers last week described the situation as “a sort of Ponzi scheme,” with the trading house as the sole victim.
November 24, 2025 Major Indonesia nickel plant cuts output as waste piles up The rapid expansion of the nickel industry is facing greater local scrutiny in Indonesia, partly due to waste-related concerns.
November 24, 2025 MMG’s deal to buy Anglo’s Brazil nickel assets faces EU regulatory delay The extension underscores regulatory caution and heightened scrutiny of resource deals with China.
November 22, 2025 Britain unveils critical minerals strategy to cut reliance on foreign supply The strategy seeks to ensure no more than 60% of the UK's supply of any one critical mineral comes from a single country by 2035.
November 21, 2025 Africa G20 hosts bid to become mineral powerhouse Africa is home to 30% of the world's critical minerals needed for the transition away from fossil fuels to clean technology.
November 20, 2025 CEO Tristan Pascall on the future of First Quantum Minerals “We will always be a growth company” – we talk to the copper miner about Panama, Zambia and beyond.
November 19, 2025 Friedland opens $2B Platreef mine in South Africa The opening caps a 37-year effort at what Friedland calls “the world’s largest undeveloped precious-metals mine.”
China pledges to control steel output during 2026-2030 period In the first 11 months of 2025, China's crude steel output fell 4% from a year earlier. December 27, 2025 | 08:20 am
