Sherritt plans to expand Cuban nickel mine
Sherritt International (TSX: S) is making plans to expand production and lengthen the life of the Moa nickel-cobalt mine in Cuba. Moa is a joint venture of Sherritt (50%) and…
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Capstone’s Pinto Valley mine fully permitted to 2039
Capstone Mining (TSX: CS) has received final approvals from the U.S. Forest Service for a new mine plan for the Pinto Valley copper mine 125 km east of Phoenix, Arizona….
Neal “the deal” Froneman is having a helluva year
Neal Froneman seems laid-back but he’s a man in a hurry. The CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater, the largest primary producer of platinum, second-largest primary producer of palladium and a top-tier gold…
Nickel, cobalt allow for cheaper, more efficient green hydrogen production
Researchers at Australia’s Curtin University have identified an electrocatalyst that, with added nickel and cobalt, makes green hydrogen from water in a cheaper and more efficient way compared to traditional…
Sibanye-Stillwater CEO outlines strategy on green energy metals
This week Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) announced the US$1 billion acquisition of the Santa Rita nickel mine and the Serrote copper mine in Brazil from London-based Appian Capital. In…
Sibanye-Stillwater buys nickel-copper mines in Brazil for US$1 billion
South Africa’s Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) is buying two nickel and copper miners in Brazil from private equity firm Appian Capital in a US$1 billion deal that boosts the company’s growing battery materials…
Canada Nickel drills new higher grade core at Crawford East
Canada Nickel (TSXV: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF) has discovered a high-grade core in the East zone through infill drilling at the Crawford nickel-cobalt project 40 km north of Timmins in Ontario….
Pallinghurst raises ownership in Nouveau Monde; takes stake in Talon Metals
The Pallinghurst Group is raising its stake in Nouveau Monde Graphite (TSXV: NOU; NYSE: NMG) and taking an initial stake in Talon Metals (TSX: TLO). Pallinghurst’s graphite subsidiary is increasing…
What the energy transition may bring for five battery metals – report
ING Economics has published a new report in which its experts predict what the energy transition might bring for five key metals: copper, aluminum, nickel, cobalt, and lithium. Taking into…
Appetite for ‘green energy metals’ drives deals
Demand for ‘green energy’ metals like copper, nickel, lithium, and cobalt has risen sharply, driven by the global move to lower carbon emissions and electric vehicle makers chasing battery ingredients….
Green Energy Metals Snapshot: Eight companies with large ambitions
Canada is rich with resources needed to fuel the electrification of modern society, and Canadian companies are rich with ideas for finding lithium, nickel, copper, cobalt, and PGMs wherever they…
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…