July 3, 2024 Vale picks mining veteran Usmar to lead base metals turnaround The board of the Rio de Janeiro-based miner reportedly chose Shaun Usmar to head Vale Base Metals.
July 3, 2024 LME plans to suspend nickel brand of Nornickel’s Finnish plant from Oct 3 Deliveries of nickel cathodes and briquettes produced by Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta Oy will not be accepted.
July 2, 2024 Australia’s Chalice Mining inks deal with Mitsubishi to develop PGE project The companies will develop the Gonneville PGE-nickel-copper-cobalt project in Western Australia.
June 30, 2024 Metals firms ‘confused’ by ESG regulations but hope for future price premium "There's no unified ESG standard for us to follow," said Bryce Lee, a director at China's Huayou Cobalt.
June 28, 2024 Trump re-election may lead to commodity market fragmentation: HSBC Commodity markets, already contending with high prices driven by structural supply constraints, also face uncertainties from increased geopolitical tensions.
June 27, 2024 Vale expects to regain Onca Puma and Sossego copper mine licences Both licenses are expected to be reinstated within 48 hours.
June 25, 2024 Japan finds over 200 million tonnes of battery metals in seabed The nodules are said to contain 610,000 tonnes of cobalt (75 years of Japan’s consumption) and 740,000 tonnes of nickel (11 years).
June 24, 2024 Eramet, BASF cancel plan to invest $2.6 billion in refining complex in Indonesia Eramet said it will continue to evaluate potential investments in the nickel electric vehicle battery value chain in Indonesia.
June 24, 2024 Karelian says independent report confirms nickel and copper in Northern Ireland Assessment prepared by an independent consultant confirms the potential for nickel, copper and PGMs at the company's licences.
June 24, 2024 Friedland, McEwen back Power Nickel’s “oversubscribed” $15m funding The exploration junior has amassed $15 million to expand exploration on its 80%-owned NISK project in Quebec.
Codelco, SQM kick off lithium tie-up with board meeting The NovaAndino Litio company was established after an agreement signed in May 2024 and valid until 2060. December 29, 2025 | 07:59 am
