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Vale Sudbury nickel miners' union recommends rejection of new offer
By: Reuters Updated 3 hours ago A union representing striking workers from Vale's Sudbury, Canada, nickel mine recommended that its members reject the Brazilian company's latest offer, saying it offered "minimal improvements". The 2 500 workers at the mine walked off the job on June 1, complaining about plans to cut health and... →
First ore produced from Voisey’s Bay expansion project
By: Creamer Media Reporter 14th June 2021 The Voisey’s Bay mine expansion project, which is transitioning the northern Labrador nickel operation from an openpit to two underground mines, marked a key milestone last week with the production of first ore. “[The] announcement of first ore production heralds another step forward in the... →
Waterton seeks up to $1bn for Quebec nickel mine
By: Bloomberg 11th June 2021 Waterton Global Resource Management has hired advisers to sell its Dumont nickel project in Quebec, seeking to capitalize on demand for the resource as automakers make plans to build more electric vehicles, according to people familiar with the matter. The project, which is located about 300... →
Early Tesla investor backs firm that tracks metals supply chain
By: Bloomberg 11th June 2021 An early Tesla investor is backing a startup that helps track battery metals across the supply chain to ensure they hold up to environmental and ethical scrutiny. The Westly Group, which led a funding round with five other venture capital firms, invested $14-million in Circulor, according to a... →
Allow geologists from surrounding African countries to boost SA's exploration rebirth, top explorer advises 
By: Martin Creamer 11th June 2021 Exploration geologists from surrounding countries should be allowed into South Africa to boost exploration. That is the view of Exploration Geology Consultants exploration manager Thinus Jordaan, who believes that South Africa’s planned exploration thrust should focus on commodities required in... →
ARR prospects for scandium on Zenith property
By: Marleny Arnoldi 10th June 2021 ASX-listed American Rare Earths (ARR) has acquired the rights to explore, develop and process scandium, nickel and cobalt at the Split Rocks project, in Western Australia. The acquisition of the Scandium Mineral rights over the project, from fellow-listed Zenith Minerals, is consistent with the... →
Sherritt reschedules refinery shutdown
By: Creamer Media Reporter 9th June 2021 Nickel and cobalt miner and refinery Sherritt International has deferred the planned full-maintenance shutdown of its refinery in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, by two months to mitigate Covid-19 risks. The shutdown has been postponed from June to August. “While the number of local Covid-19 cases... →
US must work with allies to secure electric vehicle metals - White House
By: Reuters 8th June 2021 The United States must work with allies to secure the minerals needed for electric vehicle batteries and process them domestically in light of environmental and other competing interests, the White House said on Tuesday. The strategy, first reported by Reuters in late May, will include new... →
Mining firms with higher ESG ratings outperform market – PwC
By: Martin Creamer 8th June 2021 Mining companies with higher environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings outperformed the broader market during the peak of the Covid-19 crisis, delivering 34% average total shareholder return over the past three years — ten percentage points higher than the general market index, PwC... →
Noront refuses Wyloo loan, opts for private placement
By: Creamer Media Reporter 7th June 2021 Ring of Fire nickel developer Noront Resources has turned down a loan from potential suitor Wyloo Metals and will instead opt for a private placement financing. Noront will place 21.66-million shares at $0.283 each to raise gross proceeds of about $6.1-million. Noront has an “immediate need for... →
Nornickel resumes mining at Taimyrsky after flooding
By: Creamer Media Reporter 4th June 2021 Metals miner Nornickel has resumed ore mining at the Taimyrsky underground mine, which was flooded earlier this year. The world’s top producer of palladium said on Friday that the mine was currently operating at 5 000 t/d, which was about 40% of the design capacity. →
Test results underscore Giga’s ambition for 'true' carbon neutral nickel mine
By: Creamer Media Reporter 4th June 2021 Test work conducted by the University of British Columbia (UBS) on mineralised material from the Turnagain nickel project has demonstrated significant mineral sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2), supporting owner Giga Metals’ ambition to build a “true” carbon natural mine. Test work shows that... →
Australia's Wyloo bid for Canada's Noront shows battery metal scramble
By: Reuters 3rd June 2021 A fight over Canadian nickel-copper miner Noront Resources shows the scramble for battery metals is accelerating, with global miners racing to secure supply ahead of an expected surge in demand from electric vehicles. Wyloo Metals, a unit of Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest's Tattarang... →
Resource statement released to tempt new investment
By: Esmarie Iannucci 3rd June 2021 The federal government on Thursday released its first Global Resources Statement as part of its efforts to attract foreign investment and partnerships to develop Australia’s natural resources. The Global Resources Statement is the first milestone under the government’s Global Resources Strategy,... →
Fitch Solutions raises nickel price forecast
By: Marleny Arnoldi 2nd June 2021 Research agency Fitch Solutions and Country Risk has revised upward its average nickel price forecast for the year from $15 750/t to $16 500/t. The agency says nickel is enjoying strong demand from stainless steel producers, while a sustained market deficit will support higher prices up to 2025. →
Hot prices pervading commodities market, CRU tells Junior Indaba
By: Martin Creamer 2nd June 2021 Price hotness is pervading the commodities market, CRU senior analyst Clare Hanna said on Tuesday, when she addressed the second and final day of the Junior Indaba. Speaking on ‘what’s hot and what’s not’, Hanna said almost all commodities were at the higher-than-15% level. (Also watch attached... →
Poseidon hoping Golden Swan is the golden ticket
By: Esmarie Iannucci 2nd June 2021 Junior nickel developer Poseidon Nickel is hoping to restart operations at its Black Swan mine, in Western Australia, by the middle of 2022. Speaking at Paydirt’s Battery Minerals conference, in Perth, Poseidon MD and CEO Peter Harold said that the company is undertaking significant exploration... →
Australia poised to benefit from increased commodity demand - MCA
By: Esmarie Iannucci 2nd June 2021 A new report by the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has shown that Australia was poised to take advantage of the predicted increase in global demand for commodities. The MCA’s Commodity Demand Outlook 2030 has predicted that seaborne iron-ore demand would rise moderately, from 1.5-billion... →
Council for Geoscience goes live with digital geoscience data
By: Martin Creamer 1st June 2021 South Africa’s Council for Geoscience went live on Tuesday with making geoscience data digitally available. During a panel discussion on the first day of the Junior Indaba, Council for Geoscience CEO Mosa Mabuza invited all to go on to the council’s website to find this data, the bulk of which,... →
From top clockwise, ENSafrica COO Otsile Matlou, Geoscience CEO Mosa Mabuza, Orion Minerals CEO Errol Smart, DMRE DG Advocate Thabo Mokoena and AmaranthCX director Paul Miller.
Vale to suspend Sudbury ops after failed labor talks
By: Reuters 1st June 2021 Brazilian miner Vale said in a securities filing on Tuesday it will suspend operations at its Sudbury, Canada nickel mine, after its proposal for a five-year contract was rejected by the United Steelworkers union. United Steelworkers Local 6500, which represents 2 600 workers at the mine, said... →
Tender for new modern cadastre system to be invited next week
By: Martin Creamer 1st June 2021 A tender for a new modern cadastre system to provide exploration information will be invited by the end of next week, Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) director-general Advocate Thabo Mokoena said on Tuesday. In his opening keynote address on initiatives to ignite the exploration... →
Wyloo to study Ontario battery metals hub
By: Mariaan Webb 1st June 2021 Wyloo Metals, part of Australian private investment group Tattarang, has outlined its commitment to long-term investments in Canada, as it seeks to tap into the “once-in-a-generation opportunity” of the country to establish itself as a major player in the battery metals space. Wyloo, which... →
Bryah reports base metal resource at Vanadium Australia
By: Esmarie Iannucci 1st June 2021 Junior Bryah Resources has reported a 31.3-million tonne nickel/copper/cobalt mineral resource estimate for the Australian Vanadium deposit, at its Gabanintha project in Western Australia. Fellow-listed Australian Vanadium, which holds the mineral rights to the vanadium, titanium, iron and... →
Battery material value-add consolidation in South Africa under consideration by Mick Davis-linked NextSource
By: Martin Creamer 31st May 2021 South Africa, which has the wherewithal to provide the value-add consolidation advantage to battery materials that the world’s electric vehicle original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) want, is being seriously considered for the role, NextSource president and CEO Craig Scherba said on Monday.... →
Trudeau’s EV ambitions need strategic shift, nickel CEO says
By: Bloomberg 31st May 2021 Canada needs a better strategy to build up an electric-vehicle supply chain and become a North American battery hub that takes advantage of a global push toward cleaner energy. That’s the parting advice Sherritt International’s outgoing CEO David Pathe has for the Canadian government and an... →
Jaguar's downstream options prove up
By: Esmarie Iannucci 31st May 2021 An independent value-add scoping study into the Jaguar nickel sulphide project, in Brazil, has delivered "exceptional" economic outcomes for ASX-listed Centaurus Minerals, prompting the company to proceed with a definitive feasibility study. The value-add scoping study considered an openpit and... →
Fitch lifts 2021 pricing assumptions for various metals
By: Marleny Arnoldi 28th May 2021 Credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings has increased its copper price assumptions, among others, following “exceptionally” strong pricing conditions in the year-to-date. The agency declared a new price assumption of $9 000/t for this year, up from its previous assumption of $7 200/t. →
Potential takeover target Noront adopts shareholder rights plan
By: Mariaan Webb 28th May 2021 Nickel and copper explorer and developer Noront Resources on Thursday announced that it had adopted a shareholder rights plan, in the wake of Wyloo Metals’ announcement this week of a proposed unsolicited offer. The rights plan was designed to ensure that Noront shareholders were treated fairly... →
Biden's EV metals import plan unlikely to match climate goals - executives
By: Reuters 27th May 2021 The Biden administration's plan to rely on ally nations for most of the metals needed to build electric vehicles (EV) ignores the complexity of modern mining and could keep the US from meeting aggressive climate goals, according to industry executives. Reuters reported on Tuesday that President... →
Concern over lack of JSE listings ahead of Junior Indaba
By: Martin Creamer 27th May 2021 In anticipation of next week's Junior Indaba virtual conference, AmaranthCX director Paul Miller has updated statistics on the change in the number of listed mining companies on the JSE over time. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.) It is not a pretty picture. (See attached chart.) →
Govt-Minerals Council team established to promote exploration – Mgojo
By: Martin Creamer 26th May 2021 The Department of Mineral Resources (DMRE) and Minerals Council South Africa have established a task team to promote exploration, outgoing Minerals Council president Mxolisi Mgojo said on Wednesday. The exploration task team, Mgojo said during his address to the council’s 131st annual general... →
Nolitha Fakude first woman mining industry president in 131 years
By: Martin Creamer 26th May 2021 The board members of Minerals Council South Africa on Wednesday elected the first female president in 131 years. New president Nolitha Fakude, a former Minerals Council VP who is the chairperson of Anglo American South Africa, said she would be focusing on ensuring that mining contributes... →
Biden looks abroad for electric vehicle metals, in blow to US miners
By: Reuters 26th May 2021 US President Joe Biden will rely on ally countries to supply the bulk of the metals needed to build electric vehicles and focus on processing them domestically into battery parts, part of a strategy designed to placate environmentalists, two administration officials with direct knowledge told... →
Crawford nickel advances to feasibility study, EV opportunities eyed
By: Mariaan Webb 26th May 2021 The Crawford nickel sulphide project is immediately advancing to the feasibility study stage, after a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) demonstrated robust economics for what will be one of the biggest nickel sulphide operations globally. TSX-V-listed Canada Nickel Company on Tuesday... →
Diamond explorer Bill McKechnie feels South Africa has battery mineral exploration potential
By: Martin Creamer 25th May 2021 The renowned exploration geologist linked to the colossal and still-thriving diamond discovery against all odds at the Venetia diamond mine in Limpopo, believes there is no reason why new battery and other specialist minerals cannot be discovered in South Africa, using the techniques that he... →
Nornickel hires new production chief
By: Reuters 25th May 2021 Russian metals producer Nornickel has hired Sergey Stepanov, former CEO at titanium producer VSMPO, as senior vice president in charge of production, it said on Tuesday. Nornickel's previous operations boss Sergey Dyachenko left the company in March as part of a management restructuring after a... →
Forrest’s Wyloo sets sights on Canadian nickel developer Noront
By: Mariaan Webb 25th May 2021 Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals on Tuesday announced that it intended to make an offer for Noront Resources, which would value the Canadian nickel project developer at C$133-million. Wyloo would acquire all the outstanding shares of Noront that it did not already own... →
China's Huayou invests in $2.1bn Indonesia nickel project
By: Reuters 24th May 2021 China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co said on Monday it would partner electric vehicle battery maker EVE Energy and others in a $2.08-billion nickel and cobalt project in Indonesia. The company is also splashing out $210-million on a stake in Chinese battery materials producer Tianjin B&M Science... →
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