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Nickel News
Ivanhoe secures $300m in stream financing deals for Platreef mine 
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 8th December 2021 TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines’ South African subsidiary, Ivanplats, has concluded stream financing agreements with Orion Mine Finance and Nomad Royalty Company for a $200-million gold streaming facility and a $100-million palladium and platinum streaming facility for its Platreef... →
Nickel Mines spends big on Oracle buy
By: Esmarie Iannucci 8th December 2021 ASX-listed Nickel Mines has inked a definitive agreement with partner Shanghai Decent Investment to acquire a 70% equity interest in the Oracle nickel project, in Indonesia. The agreement over the Oracle project followed a November memorandum of understanding (MoU). →
Specify energy transition action now, the money’s there for it, UN climate envoy urges 
By: Martin Creamer 7th December 2021 The energy transition is woefully under specified, the United Nations special envoy on climate change action and finance Mark Carney told a global webinar, in which he described the specifying of energy transition action as being “a matter of urgency”. Such specification, the webinar heard,... →
Global nickel smelting rebounds as Sudbury operations restart
By: Reuters 6th December 2021 Global nickel smelting activity rebounded in November, powered by gains in North America and Europe, while refined copper production dipped, data from satellite surveillance showed on Monday. Nickel output climbed due to the restart of Vale's Sudbury smelter in Canada while the easing of a power... →
Glencore targeting recycling step change
By: Martin Creamer 6th December 2021 The goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change are best achieved through the circular economy, says diversified mining and marketing company Glencore, which sees recycling as being a significant means for relieving the growing burden that global decarbonisation is set to place on finite raw... →
Exploration debate highlights Nema challenge
By: Martin Creamer 3rd December 2021 The withdrawal of a portion of the National Environmental Management Act (Nema) has created a major challenge for mineral exploration in South Africa, the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) co-sponsored exploration webinar heard on Thursday. Taking part in the panel discussion under... →
Australian exports surge despite Covid
By: Esmarie Iannucci 3rd December 2021 Despite a challenging 12 months, Australia’s resources and energy exports continue to surge, according to the latest trade data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt said the ABS’ International Trade in Goods and Services data for October... →
Sunrise awarded major project status
By: Esmarie Iannucci 3rd December 2021 The Australian government has granted ASX-listed Sunrise Energy Metals 'major project' status for its A$2.4-billion Sunrise Battery Materials Complex project, in New South Wales. The Sunrise project is Australia’s biggest and most advanced battery materials project and contains the world’s... →
African Copperbelt a good mining destination – consultants
By: Halima Frost 3rd December 2021 The Central Africa Copperbelt is the obvious choice for miners looking to expand their copper portfolios, with the region being known for “world-class” deposits, says mining consultants The MSA Group. “Mining companies looking for a foothold in the region always focus on two things – prospective... →
Transport group eyes Copperbelt
By: Halima Frost 3rd December 2021 Specialist logistics group Unitrans Africa plans to use its copper handling success, in Botswana, as a launchpad to enter into mining operations in the Copperbelt of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. “Our recent success in on-mine copper materials handling and pit development, paired... →
Rising demand for separation compound
By: Halima Frost 3rd December 2021 Since the partnership between global chemicals producer 2M Holdings and speciality materials company Celanese, established in 2014, demand for its methyl isobutyl carbinol (MIBC) compound, used to separate copper from ore, has grown substantially in the Central Africa region. 2M Holdings South... →
Use renewables to cut carbon and create hydrogen, use hydrogen to cut diesel – Cutifani 
By: Martin Creamer 2nd December 2021 Use renewables to cut carbon and create hydrogen, and then use the hydrogen that has been created to replace diesel. Anglo American CE Mark Cutifani proposed this climate blueprint while also outlining his London- and Johannesburg-listed mining company’s entry into crop nutrients that can free up... →
Even the battery boom can’t escape world’s supply chain woes
By: Bloomberg 1st December 2021 Soaring commodity prices and supply chain bottlenecks threaten to push up the cost of batteries seen as crucial in the fight against climate change. Higher raw material costs could push the average price of a lithium-ion battery pack to $135 per kilowatt-hour in 2022, a 2.3% gain from this year’s... →
Copper under pressure on Omicron uncertainty
By: Reuters 30th November 2021 Copper prices came under pressure on Tuesday due to worries about the Omicron coronavirus variant and its impact on demand and growth, but above consensus manufacturing data from top consumer China and low stocks limited the losses. Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange traded down 0.8%... →
Carbon-neutral nickel launch showcased by South Africa-linked chairperson
By: Martin Creamer 30th November 2021 South Africa-linked Gareth Penny on Monday heralded the launch of a carbon-neutral nickel with a difference in that it steers completely clear of any reliance on third-party carbon credits. Penny did so in his capacity as nonexecutive chairperson of Nornickel of Russia – and put sharper focus on... →
RBPlat bid embodies socioeconomic boost for greater Rustenburg region – Implats
By: Martin Creamer 29th November 2021 The bid by Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) for a majority shareholding in Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) presents an opportunity to create sizeable Western Limb production base with socioeconomic benefits for the region, platinum group metals (PGM) mining company Implats said on... →
NSW sets critical minerals pathway
By: Esmarie Iannucci 29th November 2021 The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (Amec) has welcomed the Critical Minerals and High-Tech Metals Strategy launched by New South Wales Deputy Premier Paul Toole. The Strategy details the vision to realise the economic potential of critical minerals investment and delivery... →
Froneman tells world of Sibanye’s confidence in hydrogen economy
By: Martin Creamer 26th November 2021 Platinum group metals (PGMs) are poised to be a very significant underpin in the green hydrogen economy and Sibanye-Stillwater is intent on ensuring that the supply of PGMs is sustainable and that the company is part of the global climate change solution, Sibanye CEO Neal Froneman told a global... →
Kavango signs option agreement for 51.15% stake in Molopo Farms Complex
By: Marleny Arnoldi 26th November 2021 London-listed Power Metal Resources has signed a three-month option agreement with fellow-listed Kavango Resources, whereby Kavango may acquire 51.15% of the issued share capital of Kalahari Key Mineral Exploration, based in Botswana. Kalahari Key has a 60% effective interest in the Molopo... →
Law firm creates outsourced compliance solution for mining industry
By: Martin Creamer 25th November 2021 A specialist mining law firm, which prefers people to paper, has created an outsourced compliance solution for Africa’s mining industry. NSDV will not simply rely on the paper trail when a client calls with an issue, but instead phone, WhatsApp, or drive there and chat to the officials. →
China's Weiming to invest in $400m Indonesia nickel matte project
By: Reuters 25th November 2021 China's Weiming Group, which makes equipment to treat solid waste, has signed a deal to invest in a $400-million project to produce nickel matte in Indonesia, becoming the latest Chinese firm to enter the Southeast Asia country's battery supply chain. Weiming said in a statement that the... →
Horizonte's Brazil nickel project fully funded
By: Mariaan Webb 24th November 2021 Dual-listed Horizonte Minerals on Tuesday announced a proposed equity and debt funding package of $633-million that would complete the funding required for the construction of the Araguaia nickel project, in Brazil. CEO Jeremy Martin commented that the funding was a significant milestone in the... →
Nornickel proposes doubling 9-month dividend amid high metals prices
By: Reuters 23rd November 2021 Russian mining giant Nornickel recommended on Monday more than doubling its dividend payment for the first nine months of 2021, with a total payout amounting to 232.84-billion roubles ($3.2-billion). Nornickel is the world's largest producer of palladium and refined nickel. Its first-half core... →
Canada Nickel picks up 13 properties in Timmins
By: Creamer Media Reporter 23rd November 2021 TSX-V-listed Canada Nickel Company has acquired 13 additional properties, in 18 separate transactions, near its Crawford nickel-sulphide project, consolidating its position in the Timmins area of Ontario. Combined, these properties have target structures 40 times the scale of the structure which... →
Shareholders rush to Blackstone SPP
By: Esmarie Iannucci 23rd November 2021 Nickel developer Blackstone Minerals has completed its share purchase plan (SPP) oversubscribed. The company in the beginning of November launched a A$55-million capital raise through a two tranche share placement, and announced an SPP aimed at raising a further A$5-million. →
Namibia heading for world record green hydrogen costs, conference hears
By: Martin Creamer 22nd November 2021 With its vast potential for wind and solar energy, Namibia is excellently placed to become a global player in green hydrogen production, the Africa Green Hydrogen Forum's virtual conference heard on Monday, when green hydrogen was highlighted as the key decarbonisation vector in the global fight... →
Biggest Zimbabwe nickel miner eyes Victoria Falls bourse listing
By: Tanya Blake 19th November 2021 Zimbabwe’s biggest nickel operation plans to list on the U.S. dollar-denominated stock exchange in Victoria Falls, as part of efforts to ignite foreign interest in the miner. Bindura Nickel Corp. has requested shareholder approval to delist from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange and list on the... →
Battery-grade nickel demand to grow as world sets sights on low-carbon future
By: Simone Liedtke 19th November 2021 The global green transition and electrification of transport has started a paradigm shift in the demand dynamics of metals, which are required for a low-carbon future, and are set to experience a significant boost in demand in the coming decade at least, says research agency Fitch Solutions.... →
First Quantum cuts the ribbon at Shoemaker-Levy
By: Esmarie Iannucci 19th November 2021 TSX-listed metals miner First Quantum this week officially opened its Shoemaker-Levy mine at the Ravensthorpe nickel/cobalt operation, in Western Australia. The new orebody would extend the mine-life by at least 20 years. →
Kabanga says Tanzania mine may answer Elon Musk’s nickel plea
By: Bloomberg 19th November 2021 Kabanga Nickel is seeking to raise $1.3-billion for a massive mining project in Tanzania that the company says could help ease electric-vehicle manufacturers’ insatiable demand for nickel. “We are accelerating these kind of discussions as quickly as possible,” CEO Chris Showalter, a former... →
Global need for copper, nickel will multiply over next 30 years - BHP
By: Reuters 17th November 2021 The global markets will need four times the nickel and double the copper in the next 30 years to facilitate a decarbonised world, a BHP Group executive said on Wednesday. "Some of the modelling that we have done showed that in, let's say a decarbonised world ... the world will need almost double... →
Angel nickel to start production ahead of schedule
By: Esmarie Iannucci 17th November 2021 First nickel pig iron (NPI) from the Angel nickel project, in Indonesia, is expected in the first quarter of 2022, well ahead of the October 2022 date initially set. ASX-listed Nickel Mines on Wednesday that the revised commissioning timetable is expected to see the first of four Angel nickel... →
Expect to be unemployed from age 40, Miller warns graduates entering mining
By: Martin Creamer 15th November 2021 Because of the collapse of investment in greenfields exploration in South Africa, any mining graduate entering the profession today can expect to be unemployed from the age of 40, said AmaranthCX director and founder Paul Miller on Monday, when he pointed out that South Africa is now at an... →
DSO still on the cards at Black Swan
By: Esmarie Iannucci 15th November 2021 Nickel developer Poseidon Nickel on Monday said that it would revisit a direct shipping ore (DSO) option for the Black Swan operation, in Western Australia, once a preliminary mining schedule for both the Silver Swan and Golden Swan deposits was in place. Poseidon MD and CEO Peter Harold told... →
Mineral exploration should be incentivised, says IDC’s Thabiso Sekano
By: Martin Creamer 12th November 2021 Mineral exploration should be incentivised so that South Africa’s great mineral endowment can be optimally leveraged to lower unemployment, improve export revenues, and strengthen this country’s gross domestic product (GDP). That is the view of Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) mining,... →
US adds nickel, zinc to draft critical minerals list, drops potash
By: Mariaan Webb 11th November 2021 The US Geological Survey (USGS) has added nickel and zinc to its proposed list of 50 ‘critical minerals’ – defined as those essential to economic or national security and have a supply chain vulnerable to disruption – while four others, including potash, have fallen off the draft 2021 list. The... →
Pitt welcomes Chalice's major find at Julimar
By: Esmarie Iannucci 11th November 2021 Federal Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt has applauded work done by Geoscience Australia in discovering the largest nickel sulphide discovery in Australia in over two decades. ASX-listed Chalice Mining this week announced a maiden indicated and inferred mineral resource estimate of... →
Minerals Council backs Eskom leadership, urges govt to cut procurement red tape
By: Martin Creamer 10th November 2021 Minerals Council South Africa on Wednesday supported the Eskom leadership team in its efforts to stabilise South Africa’s electricity supply and urged government to focus on shortening the bureaucratic processes hindering Eskom’s ability to procure urgently required spares for power stations and... →
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