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 finance package of US$633 million…
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Canada Nickel expands footprint in Ontario with 13 new properties
Canada Nickel Company (TSXV: CNC) has concluded 18 separate transactions resulting in the outright acquisition or earn-in to 13 additional properties within a 95 km radius of the company’s flagship…
London-based Tembo Capital raises US$380 million for third mining fund
In October, U.K.-based Tembo Capital, a leading investment advisor in the metals and mining sector, closed its third mining fund with commitments of US$380 million. The fund will focus on…
BHP extends Noront bid deadline amid talks with Wyloo
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has extended the deadline for Noront Resources’ (TSXV: NOT) investors to accept or refuse its bid from November 16 to the end of…
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 Electrify America, said that nowadays…
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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 venture of Sherritt (50%) and…
BHP in talks with Wyloo over Noront takeover
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has begun talks with Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals concerning the imminent takeover of Canada’s Noront Resources (TSX-V: NOT), as part of…
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 palladium and a top-tier gold…
Orford Mining partners with Wyloo Metals to explore West Raglan in Quebec
Well before Wyloo Metals began its fight with BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) for Noront Resources (TSXV: NOT), the Australian company signed a definitive agreement with Toronto-based junior…
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 efficient way compared to traditional…
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 from London-based Appian Capital. In…