Nickel
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Industry News
White House weighs executive order to fast-track deep-sea mining, sources say
The White House is weighing an executive order that would fast-track permitting for deep-sea mining in international waters and let…
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Industry News
Chinese firms control around 75 percent of Indonesian nickel capacity, report finds
Chinese firms control about 75 percent of Indonesia’s nickel refining capacity, raising concern over supply chain control and environmental risks,…
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Cobalt
Sumitomo resumes production at Madagascar’s nickel project
Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp said on Thursday it was slowly resuming production at the Ambatovy nickel and cobalt project…
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Reagent supply challenges to realizing US critical minerals production goals
Electronics and electric vehicles (EVs) are driving increased battery demand. To meet this demand, the production of batteries is growing…
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Industry News
BHP’s Australian nickel stoppages spoil plans for LME alternative
Plans for two new nickel trading platforms to challenge the London Metal Exchange (LME) have been blown off course by…
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Industry News
Brazil miner Vale’s CEO announcement to curb market speculation, says chairman
Brazilian miner Vale’s decision this week to announce a new chief executive sought to avoid further market speculation over other…
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Cobalt
Western miners push for higher metals prices to ward off Chinese rivals
The only U.S. cobalt mine sits fallow in the northern Idaho woods, a mothballed hunk of steel and dirt that…
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Industry News
Indonesia to launch nickel, tin online tracking system next week
Indonesia will launch an online tracking system next week for nickel and tin shipments to increase government revenue and improve…
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Funding
Nornickel in talks to build China nickel plant for battery sector, sources say
Russia’s Nornickel is in talks with several Chinese battery companies to build a plant jointly producing nickel material from Russian…
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Gold
Global lithium sector eyes Argentina’s salt flats on tech test run
In a dusty plain in northern Argentina’s mountains, black tubes stretching two stories high fill a massive tank with salty…
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