Rory Johnston is a commodity economist covering energy and metal markets in Scotiabank’s economics department. His research includes the Scotiabank Commodity Price Index (a monthly assessment of developments affecting the…
The global auto industry will produce 88.8 million cars and light trucks this year in an almost 6% drop from a year ago, according to researcher IHS Markit, quoted by…
Norilsk Nickel (US-OTC: NILSY) plans to boost spending on new projects over the next decade to increase production and capitalize on the growing electric car trend, but investors may need…
Atlantic Nickel has updated the resource estimate for its wholly owned Santa Rita nickel-copper-cobalt restart project in Bahia, Brazil. Based on a 30,785 meter infill drill program, updated open-pit measured…
Vermelho — one of the largest and highest-grade undeveloped laterite nickel-cobalt resources in the world — will generate US$7.3 billion in total cash flow over 38 years, Horizonte Minerals (TSX:…
RNC Minerals (TSX: RNX; US-OTC: RNKLF) chairman and CEO Paul Huet is like the hockey coach who takes over mid-season because the team is underperforming. The Toronto-based company brought Huet…
The MV Happy Dragon had just sailed into safe harbour at Charleston, S.C., when Hurricane Dorian forced the vessel back out to sea to await better weather. The cargo ship…
Ontario is one step closer to making the Ring of Fire a reality. Rick Gregford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, and Minister of Indigenous Affairs, announced in August…
Indonesia has confirmed it will ban exports of nickel ore from January 2020 — two years earlier than expected. The Southeast Asian nation is the world’s largest nickel ore producer,…
Orion Mine Finance is handing over US$25 million in cash in exchange for a 2.25% royalty on Horizonte Minerals’ (TSX: HZM; AIM: HZM) Araguaia project in Brazil, one of the…
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM; LSE: FQM) management says it could have a buyer for any nickel produced from a restart of the venerable Ravensthorpe nickel-cobalt mine at Bandalup Hill…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 0.49% to 592.82 during the trading week. SilverCrest Metals recorded the biggest value gain, rising $1.08, or 15.3%, to $8.16 per share. The company…
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