Technology Metals Snapshot: Eight juniors developing next generation metals
While mining is best known for supplying the world with precious and base metals, technology metals – such as lithium, cobalt and transition metals –…
Nickel
US government to assess Twin Metals mine proposal
Antofagasta’s (LSE: ANTO) Twin Metals Minnesota has received formal notice that its planned copper-nickel-cobalt-platinum metals mine will be assessed through a federal environmental review. The…
KoBold Metals employs big data, geoscientists in pursuit of battery metals
KoBold Metals is investing in battery metal projects using big data and scientific computing with capital from billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos. The…
Plan needed to protect deep-sea life from mining: report
Mining the seafloor opens a vast source of key metals needed for clean energy, but should not start until a full evaluation of likely environmental…
Haywood Securities raises price forecasts for copper, nickel
In a new research note entitled, Making a Comeback, Haywood Securities’ Pierre Vaillancourt has adjusted his price outlook for copper and nickel “to reflect the…
Glencore hit by another probe over Congo dealings
Mining and commodities trader Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is facing a criminal investigation in its home country for failing to have organizational measures in place to…
Vale to resume operations at Voisey’s Bay
Vale (NYSE: VALE), the world’s top producer of nickel and iron ore, is fine-tuning details to reopen its Voisey’s Bay open pit nickel mine and…
Electrum fund boosts stake in Nickel Creek Platinum
The Electrum Strategic Opportunities Fund has increased its interest in Nickel Creek Platinum (TSX: NPC; US-OTC: NCPCF) to 33.88% following the closure of the second…
BloombergNEF forecasts 18% drop in electric vehicle sales
BloombergNEF, the primary research service for Bloomberg, is forecasting an 18% drop in electric vehicle (EV) sales this year due to disruptions to battery metals…
Atlantic Nickel hits milestones at Santa Rita in Brazil
The Santa Rita mine in Brazil — one of the largest open-pit nickel sulphide mines in the world — remains fully operational with limited disruptions…
Canada Nickel grows Main and East zones at Crawford
Canada Nickel (TSXV: CNC) has released full assays for hole CR20-33 as well as nickel assays for hole CR20-32, which step out the East zone…
Palladium One outlines drill target at LK in Finland
Palladium One (TSXV: PDM; US-OTC: NKORF) has traced a new drill target within its wholly owned Lantinen Koillismaa (LK) project in Finland, 190 km northeast…