Nickel price at highest since 2014 amid growing EV battery demand
Nickel has quietly been going neck-in-neck with copper since the start of the base metals rally.
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The vote count now shows the environmental presidential candidate Yaku Perez trailing pro-market conservative banker Guillermo Lasso.
Kinross reports record free cash flow of $1bn for 2020
Company reported production of 2.4 million gold-equivalent oz for the year, at all-in sustaining costs of $987 per oz.
Steinmetz bets on Brazilian investigation against Vale
"On the basis of hypocrisy, they deceived the arbitral tribunal in London. I will unmask them,” Steinmetz told MINING.COM.
MINING PEOPLE: Artemis, Battle North, First Cobalt, NorZinc, Tanzanian Gold
Key moves in the mining industry.
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.
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.
