Vale sells New Caledonia nickel assets to Trafigura
Vale (NYSE: VALE) has concluded the sale of its nickel and cobalt operations in New Caledonia, a French territory in the Pacific, to a consortium called Prony, which includes commodity…
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Tesla gets involved in New Caledonia nickel mine to secure metal supply
Electric car maker Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) will become a technical adviser at the conflict-ridden New Caledonia nickel mine, as part of the company’s attempt to secure enough supply of the key battery…
Trafigura inks cobalt deal with DRC artisanal miners
Agreement with the Congolese government will help improve conditions at informal mine sites in return for cobalt supplies.
Belgium expands probe into zinc miner Nyrstar
Belgium’s Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has broadened a probe kicked off in September 2019 into zinc firm Nyrstar NV that is looking into possible ties between the company…
Millbrook pens exploration contract with Cuban gov’t
In late April, privately held Millbrook Minerals became the first copper-zinc explorer to sign an International Economic Association (IEA) contract with Cuban state mining company GeoMinera. The document permits Millbrook…