Tag: Nickel

The speed at which Anglo American shifts to becoming a copper-focused miner may well dictate its ultimate fate – survival as an independent operator, or absorption by a bigger rival such as BHP Group, which earlier this year failed to buy the group.

Vale (NYSE: VALE) is considering a potential public listing for its base metals unit by the end of 2026, according to the chair of Vale Base Metals (VBM), Mark Cutifani.

BHP’s relationship with its Western Australian nickel operations has been something of an on-and-off affair.

A quarter of the world’s copper mining projects are at increasing risk from the impacts of climate change, with extreme rainfall expected to affect production of the metal crucial for the global clean energy transition by 2050, new research shows.

Stillwater Critical Minerals (TSXV: PGE) is collaborating with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to study the potential for geologic hydrogen production at its flagship nickel-PGE-copper-cobalt project in Montana.

Indonesia’s nickel production surge is crushing competitors and challenging the West’s ambitions of diversifying its critical metals supply chains.

Norway announced on Wednesday the opening of vast areas in the Arctic for its first seabed mineral licensing round.

Shares in Class 1 Nickel and Technologies (CSE: NICO; US-OTC: NICLF) gained 43% Thursday to 20¢ apiece after the company released a second resource update in a month for the Alexo-Dundonald project in northern Ontario.

BHP (ASX: BHP; LSE: BHP; NYSE: BHP) and Australian junior Kingsrose Mining (ASX: KRM) inked on Wednesday two joint agreements to explore and develop nickel and copper assets in Norway and Finland.

Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO; LSE: RIO) reportedly considered a bid for Anglo American (LSE: AAL) in recent months and the second largest miner has not dismissed the possibility of acquiring a portion or the entirety of the company, now a target of BHP (ASX: BHP).

Flying Nickel Mining (TSXV: FLYN; US-OTC: FLYNF) increased its pit resource at the Minago project in Manitoba by 42% and added a platinum group metals (PGM) estimate for the first time.

Today, I’m taking a deep dive into the ill-fated nickel market. If you’re a close follower of commodity markets, you probably know the problems afflicting this sector. Surging output from Indonesia’s nickel laterite mines has flooded the market with new supply.