Tesla inks multi-year nickel supply deal with Prony
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has inked a multi-year nickel supply deal with New Caledonia’s Prony Resources, which guarantees the U.S. carmaker about 42,000 tonnes of the metal needed to produce the…
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BHP to expand into “tougher jurisdictions” in search of battery metals
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) CEO Mike Henry says the company is ready for a strategic shift out of its geographical, advanced-economies comfort zone into “tougher jurisdictions” as…
US narrows gap with China in race to dominate battery supply chain, report says
The United States is narrowing the gap with China when it comes to the race to dominate the battery value chain, according to BloombergNEF’s second annual Global Lithium-Ion Battery Supply…
International Nickel Study Group forecasts rising nickel demand in 2022
Global primary nickel demand will rise to 2.8 million tonnes this year and to 3 million tonnes next year, up from 2020’s 2.4 million tonnes, according to the International Nickel…
Canada Nickel improves recovery and metallurgical performance at Crawford nickel project
Canada Nickel (TSXV: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF) has released the results of testing done on samples from its 100%-owned flagship Crawford nickel-cobalt sulphide project in Ontario, about 40 km north of…
Friedland-backed Ivanhoe Electric funds South Voisey’s Bay survey
Mining magnate Robert Friedland is looking to make another potentially massive base metals discovery about 80 kilometres south of his famous Voisey’s Bay find from 1993. His privately held US-based…
BHP inks nickel supply deal with Toyota-Panasonic battery venture
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has inked a deal to supply nickel sulphate from Western Australia to a battery-making joint venture between Toyota Motor and Panasonic called Prime…
BHP opens Australia’s first nickel sulphate plant
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; LSE: BHP) announced that it has produced the first nickel sulphate crystals from its plant in Kwinana, outside Perth in Australia, part of the miner’s…
Mixed hydroxide precipitate–the new class one nickel
We’ve all read about the push for de-carbonization, which is the primary driver for the battery mega-factory boom. All of these factories need nickel and cobalt for their products, but…
Horizonte Minerals secures more funds for Araguaia nickel project in Brazil
A syndicate of five international financial institutions have approved a senior secured project finance facility of up to US$346.2 million for Horizonte Minerals (TSX: HZM; LSE: HZM) to fund the…
Rescue of 39 from Totten nickel mine succeeds
Early this morning Vale SA (NYSE: VALE) announced that all 39 miners had been brought safely to the surface from the Totten mine. “I’d like to congratulate our rescue team,” Vale…
Appian Capital in talks to sell Atlantic Nickel for $1B, Brazilian daily newspaper reports
London-based private equity fund Appian Capital is said to be in advanced negotiations to sell its Atlantic Nickel unit in Brazil for around US$1 billion, with Canada’s Teck Resources (TSX:…