RANKED: World’s biggest nickel projects – 2022
Nickel is used mainly in the steelmaking process, but also in production of batteries for electric vehicles, and it is the metal that has grabbed the most headlines so far…
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Commodity price spikes could signal lasting market changes – report
Market analyst Wood Mackenzie warns that the ongoing metals and mined commodity price spikes, combined with heightened geopolitical tension, could result in long-lasting market changes. In recent months, factors including…
Wheaton Precious shares drop on earnings miss
The New York-quoted equity of Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (Nasdaq: WPM: TSX: WPM) fell on Friday after the company overnight reported lower earnings and revenue, missing analyst forecasts for the…
Sanctioned Russian nickel could slow global EV adoption, report
Sanctioning Russian nickel will slow the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and hinder the decarbonization of Western economies, according to a new report from GlobalData. The result, such actions will…
In charts: EV metal demand accelerates in the second half of 2021
A 62% jump in passenger electric vehicles (EVs) registrations in the second half of 2021 to 5.84 million units continues to drive an intensifying demand in the battery metals sector,…
In charts: Copper project pantry bare from 2025
Bank of America (BofA) Global Research analysts expect the copper market to flip back to a deficit from 2025 onwards following the completion of the current wave of project buildouts,…
Chart: Bulks most affected by Russia-Ukraine conflict
Trade dislocations due to sanctions, high power prices and disruption to production facilities in the conflict zone are three major threats to the metals and mining industry due to escalating…
AME Roundup: Patricia Mohr sees a copper supercycle emerging in the medium term
Copper could be heading towards supercycle territory in the medium term, with price levels expected to reach above US$5 per pound, economist and commodity market specialist Patricia Mohr told a…
Video Interview: Magna Mining on its Shakespeare project’s Ni-Cu opportunity
Magna Mining (TSXV: NICU) continues to build positive exploration and development momentum at its Shakespeare nickel-copper project 70 km southwest of the Sudbury Basin in Ontario. The Northern Miner recently…
Key insights from the inaugural Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s oil powerhouses, boasting the second-largest proven reserve of the slick stuff. Still, as the inaugural Future Minerals Forum recently held in Riyadh heard,…
Kazakh uranium industry unaffected by unrest
The world’s largest uranium producer, Kazatomprom, remains unaffected by the ongoing turmoil in the Central Asian state of Kazakhstan, Reuters reported the Kazakh producer as saying. “Uranium mining is going…
Decarbonization plays the metals fiddle in 2022
The recent 26th edition of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) brought about renewed vigour to phase down carbon dioxide emissions across the globe. Still, to get there, the mining…