nickel

The nickel price broke a 10-year high this week, at $US21,680 ($29,765) per tonne for the first time since September 2011 as reports of dwindling battery metal supplies worried investors.

Nickel prices are expected to reach new record highs by 2027, according to data released by Fitch Solutions.

Chalice Mining’s Stage 2 CMP for initial low-impact drilling at its Julimar nickel-copper-PGE project in WA has been approved.

Panoramic Resources has readied almost 10,000 tonnes of nickel-copper-cobalt concentrate from the Savannah operations for its first shipment at Wyndham Port in Western Australia.

A proposal to extend South32’s Dendrobium coal mine in Port Kembla, NSW has been declared state significant infrastructure.

BHP has recognised community engagement as equal in importance to the sheer volume of battery metals produced – as copper demand doubles and nickel quadruples – to 2050.

First Quantum Minerals has officially opened the Shoemaker-Levy mine at its Ravensthorpe nickel-cobalt operations in Western Australia, extending the operation’s life by 20 years.

BHP is looking at investing in additional early-stage development projects, as the company looks to grow its copper and nickel portfolio.

IGO has signed an agreement with Australian Vanadium to trial its vanadium redox flow battery standalone power system at its Nova operation in WA.

Chalice Mining has confirmed an historic mineral resource at the Gonneville nickel-copper-platinum deposit in Western Australia, becoming the largest nickel sulphide discovery in more than 20 years.

Powerful and counterintuitive insights into the future supply and demand of critical metals have been uncovered in a new report by CSIRO.

The Western Australian Government has announced the latest recipients of its Exploration Incentive Scheme co-funded drilling program.

Panoramic Resources has arrived with its first nickel-copper-cobalt at the Savannah nickel project in Western Australia.

Researchers from the University of Arizona have investigated the mineral compositions of two near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), finding potential iron, nickel and cobalt resources exceeding Earth’s global reserves.

The Western Australian resources sector carried the national economy through an arduous 12 months to June 30, as minerals and petroleum sales grew to $210 billion.

Western Areas has produced first nickel ore at its Odysseus project within the Cosmos nickel operation in Western Australia.

Panoramic Resources have awarded Cambridge Gulf Limited a three-year concentrate haulage contract at its Savannah Nickel project.

BHP has partnered with exploration technology company, KoBold Metals, in the hunt for metals and critical minerals to be used in clean energy technology.

Poseidon Nickel aims to ‘fill the mill’ at Black Swan as the company aims to capitalise on a strengthening nickel price outlook.

Western Australia company Mining and Process Solutions (MPS) is developing new glycine heap leaching technology with the aim to unlock significant value from copper oxides, gold and nickel ores.