Cobalt prices supported in 2021, expected to fall in 2022 – report
The S&P Global Market Intelligence November Commodity Briefing states that cobalt metal prices are expected to remain supported for the remainder of 2021 as logistical…
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Horizonte fully funds construction of Araguaia nickel mine
Horizonte Minerals (TSX: HZM; AIM: HZM) has raised US$197 million (£147.4 million) in an overnight share placement that forms part of an equity and debt…
GMS: Trent Mell on the green energy revolution and the problem with supply chains
The continuing interest in the battery sector was the focus of an in-depth discussion on the second day of The Northern Miner’s Q4 Global Mining…
First Cobalt to expand Ontario refinery and widen focus; plans change name to Electra Battery Materials
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) wants to increase the design capacity of its hydrometallurgical cobalt refinery in Cobalt, Ontario, to 6,500 tonnes of cobalt…
The charging infrastructure needed to boost EV adoption – report
In a new insight published by McKinsey & Company, Frank Mühlon, president of the e-mobility division of ABB, and Giovanni Palazzo, president and CEO of…
Video: Randy Smallwood discusses WPM’s Q3 performance, organic growth prospects
Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE: WPM; TSX: WPM) has reported earnings per share and revenue for the three months ended September that missed the consensus mark,…
Sherritt plans to expand Cuban nickel mine
Sherritt International (TSX: S) is making plans to expand production and lengthen the life of the Moa nickel-cobalt mine in Cuba. Moa is a joint…
Capstone’s Pinto Valley mine fully permitted to 2039
Capstone Mining (TSX: CS) has received final approvals from the U.S. Forest Service for a new mine plan for the Pinto Valley copper mine 125…
Neal “the deal” Froneman is having a helluva year
Neal Froneman seems laid-back but he’s a man in a hurry. The CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater, the largest primary producer of platinum, second-largest primary producer of…
Nickel, cobalt allow for cheaper, more efficient green hydrogen production
Researchers at Australia’s Curtin University have identified an electrocatalyst that, with added nickel and cobalt, makes green hydrogen from water in a cheaper and more…
Sibanye-Stillwater CEO outlines strategy on green energy metals
This week Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) announced the US$1 billion acquisition of the Santa Rita nickel mine and the Serrote copper mine in Brazil…
Sibanye-Stillwater buys nickel-copper mines in Brazil for US$1 billion
South Africa’s Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) is buying two nickel and copper miners in Brazil from private equity firm Appian Capital in a US$1 billion deal that boosts…