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.
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Liebherr to expand presence in America’s mining sector
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More than 2,000 miners sacked at Sibanye’s Cooke gold mine
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Anglo American investors demand clarity as dealmaker incoming chairman arrives
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Canada’s 3rd largest mining IPO points to healthy investor appetite
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China’s recyclers eye looming electric vehicle battery mountain
After years of dismantling discarded televisions and laptops, a Shanghai recycling plant is readying itself for a new wave of waste: piles of exhausted batteries from the surge of electric vehicles hitting China's streets.
The world is running out of gold mines—here’s how investors can play it
My good friend Pierre Lassonde, cofounder and chairman of Franco-Nevada, doesn’t know how we’ll replace the massive gold deposits of the past 130 years or so.