Nickel pig iron producers eye up electric vehicle battery market
Nickel is a key component of the lithium-ion rechargeable batteries used to power electric vehicles.
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Platinum, palladium and rhodium in short supply – Johnson Matthey
Supply shortfalls have driven rapid price gains, with platinum trading at six-year highs and rhodium and palladium close to record levels.
Vision Lithium produces 99.99% pure Li₂CO₃ from Sirmac, stock explodes
The Sirmac property is located approximately 200 km south of Nemaska's Whabouchi lithium mine in Quebec.
Copper price rally slows ahead of Chinese holiday
Traders and leading investors say the market needs more good news before prices can rip higher.
Crypto’s rapid rise means investors need gold, top miner says
The rise of cryptocurrencies, including red-hot Bitcoin, just handed one of the world’s leading gold miners one more reason to urge investors to buy the age-old haven that is bullion.
China’s 2020 refined nickel imports slump to 6-year low
Chinese imports of refined nickel fell by 32% year-on-year to 130,700 tonnes in 2020.
New Gold mulls Rainy River underground expansion
Company expects to increase production at the mine by 22% this year to between 270,000 and 290,000 ounces of gold.
Ivanhoe to launch $16m exploration program at Western Foreland in DRC
The licenses are in close proximity to the Kamoa-Kakula copper project.
ALX Resources requests permit to drill at Gibbons Creek uranium project
The miner says the project shows potential for unconformity-style or deeper, basement-hosted uranium mineralization.
