September 05 to 11

Production/Operations
Vale said on Wednesday that global demand for nickel should increase 44% by 2030 compared to that expected for this year, due to high demand for use in batteries that power electric vehicles. “Demand for nickel is forecast to increase rapidly this decade with the energy transition,” the company said in a statement, adding that the new forecast would be of 6.2 million tonnes in demand.
FPX Nickel Corp. is pleased to announce the results of an internal engineering scoping study evaluating the production of nickel sulphate for the electric vehicle battery supply chain from the high-grade awaruite nickel concentrate to be produced by the Company’s Baptiste Nickel Project in central British Columbia.
Global Energy Metals Corporation , a company involved in the investment exposure to the battery metals supply chain, is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced at the Lovelock Cobalt-Nickel-Copper project located in the prolific IOCG belt of the Stillwater Range in Nevada, USA.
EV Nickel Inc. is pleased to provide additional exploration drilling results for its Shaw Dome Nickel Project, southeast of Timmins, Ontario. Today the Company reports the assay results of the last eight holes completed in the Phase 2 Drilling, targeting the down plunge potential of the Langmuir W4 Zone (“W4”). seven of the ten holes intersected high-grade nickel sulphide mineralization consistent
The Dusty nickel project in WA’s north-eastern Goldfields continues to deliver for Toro Energy after follow-up drilling at its recently discovered Dimma deposit hit massive and semi-massive nickel sulphides.
St George believes its east-west striking pegmatites lie within a regional corridor that also hosts the major ongoing lithium discovery by ASX-listed Red Dirt Metals at its Mt Ida project just 16km to the south-east.
Manitou Gold Inc. is pleased provide interim results from its ongoing exploration activities, in support of the initiative to spin out nickel-cobalt-PGE commodities from the Goudreau project into a newly incorporated subsidiary, Western Nickel Corp.
Gungnir Resources Inc. is pleased to report further assays from drilling at the Lappvattnet nickel deposit in northern Sweden. Results are for three drill holes, LAP22-06B, -08 and -09. To date in 2022, the Company has drilled a total of approximately 2,800 metres in 18 holes with further results to follow from drill hole LAP22-10 onward. Please view accompanying map.
Nickel North Exploration Corp. is pleased to announce that further to the Company’s news release dated April 5th, 2022, Nickel North’s team, along with Fargo (https://www.fargoexploration.com) are mobilizing to Kuujjuaq, Quebec, scheduled to be on site to commence field exploration work on September 5th 2022.
Nickel, copper and lithium are mainstays of a greener future, with their respective properties making them central for battery and electrification efforts. Nickel traditionally used to make alloys has been finding increased use in batteries, while copper’s use in wires as an electrical conductor is poised to explode as electric vehicles become more common and electrification more widespread.
Flying Nickel Mining Corp. announces initial diamond drill results from the Company’s 100% owned Minago nickel sulphide project 270km south of Thompson, Manitoba. Six holes totaling 2,718 meters were drilled this past winter and the first group of assays have been received from the lab.
Ardea Resources aims to significantly increase initial stage nickel-cobalt processing at its proposed Kalgoorlie nickel project Goongarrie Hub with plans to develop a 3.5 million tonne per annum operation.
SPC Nickel Corp., is pleased to announce new assay results from the 2022 drill program at the Company’s 100% owned Lockerby East Project (the “Project”) located in Sudbury, Ontario. The Lockerby East Project hosts both the past producing Lockerby East Mine and the unmined, near-surface West Graham Nickel-Copper sulphide deposit that contains over 47,000 tonnes of nickel and 34,000 tonnes of copper
Following a 10,700-metre drill program completed in late 2021, Tartisan Nickel (CSE:TN; US-OTC:TTSRF) has released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its 100%-owned Kenbridge nickel project in northwestern Ontario’s Kenora Mining District.
Vale SA capped its best week since January last year amid a recovery in industrial metal prices and as investors welcomed the miner’s latest push to unlock value at its nickel and copper division.
Palladium One Mining Inc. is pleased to announce the second discovery of massive nickel-copper sulphide on the Tyko Project, this time at the West Pickle target, some 20-kilometers west of the initial 2020 discovery of massive sulphides at the Smoke Lake zone.
Talon Metals Corp. is pleased to provide an update on the Tamarack Nickel-Copper-Cobalt Project (“Tamarack Nickel Project”), located in central Minnesota. Today, Talon reports assays from fourteen (14) new drill holes in the CGO West area, located outside of the Tamarack Nickel Project’s main resource area.
The Company is pleased to announce that EarthEx Geophysical Solutions Inc. has completed the UAV borne magnetic survey over specific targets at the northern claim block and is presently awaiting the results. A total of 145 line-kilometres at 50 metre line-spacing with 500 metre tie-lines was flown as part of the UAV borne magnetic survey.
Importantly, the Project covers an area of 100km2 in a very favourable geological setting for nickel in the West Pilbara, close to Azure Minerals’ (ASX:AZS) advanced Andover nickel exploration project which hosts a Mineral Resource of 4.6Mt at 1.11% nickel, 0.47% copper and 0.05% cobalt.
Vale SA raised its nickel output guidance as one of the top miners of the battery metal looks past recent operational setbacks to projects aimed at tapping growing demand. The Rio de Janeiro-based company expects nickel production to reach 230,000 to 245,000 tonnes a year in the mid term, according to slides released as part of an analyst and investor tour in Canada.
Business Partnership
Zhejiang Weiming Environment Protection is joining forces with GEM, one of China’s biggest suppliers of battery raw materials, to build a laterite nickel smelting factory in Indonesia, which will be the second for each of them, as the Chinese solid waste disposal company expands its footprint in the battery materials sector.
Vendor/ Supplier Related
The Study highlights FPX’s potential to develop the world’s largest integrated nickel sulphate production facility, linking the Company directly into the EV battery supply chain via the production of low-cost, low-carbon nickel sulphate over Baptiste’s projected 35-year mine life.
Government/Regulatory
Indonesia will likely lose in its trade dispute against the European Union (EU) over the South-East Asian country’s 2020 ban on exports of nickel ore, President Joko Widodo has announced this week. But regardless of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) decision in the dispute
News Stories
Contract/Orders
The prices of Asian nickel contracts jumped on Monday, in some cases significantly. Italian steelmakers are demanding support from the state. And stainless steel prices in China are rising.
Ecuador reached a preliminary agreement with indigenous groups to declare a temporary moratorium on 16 oil blocks, Energy and Mining Minister Xavier Vera said on Wednesday, a turning point in negotiations aimed at staving off renewed street protests.
The transactions are seen as important steps in the strategy of the London- and Johannesburg-listed company, headed by Gary Nagle, to increase low-carbon aluminium supply to the global market, and also underpin Press Metal’s ambition to expand as a primary low-carbon aluminium producer.
Government/Regulatory
The UK government has decided to move forward with creation of a critical minerals mining agency, the country’s Critical Minerals Association, an adviser to the government on its critical minerals strategy, reported Sept. 8.
THE GOVERNMENT should maximize profits from the mining industry by encouraging investors to set up local processing plants, a senator said at the weekend, amid a proposal for a new mining regime. “We cannot allow mining companies to just leave the country after the extractive activity is finished,”
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has reiterated Australia’s position as a resources and renewable super power. Speaking at Minerals Week, he said the country was the world’s pre-eminent resources jurisdiction the top exporter of iron ore, lithium, LNG, and metallurgical coal.
The United States is in a mineral supply chain crisis. We need taconite, copper, nickel, cobalt, platinum-group elements, and many more for our national security, modern energy technology, and virtually every part of our modern world. While we have vast mineral wealth throughout our great country
Production/Operations
There’s growing evidence of a major extension of Chalice Mining’s already rich and large nickel, copper, platinum, gold and cobalt Gonneville discovery at Julimar, 70 kilometres northeast of Perth. In a surprise statement to the ASX on Tuesday
Welcome back to your weekly mining news recap, where we catch you up on some of the news you may have missed. This week’s headlines include Glencore’s environmental challenge in Australia over its net-zero strategy, 03’s Marban Engineering project takes shape, and a milestone for the first industrial sea floor mining project.
In the clean air energy revolution, we hear a lot of talk about the importance of lithium. But what about all the other minerals that we’re going to need After all, renewable energy isn’t going to be created on lithium batteries alone, which is about the only thing lithium is good for outside of a handful of applications in things like industrial drying and medicine.
Global copper smelting rebounded slightly in August as stronger activity in South America, Europe, and Africa offset weaker production in China, data from satellite surveillance of metal processing plants showed on Tuesday.
The Chalice Mining share price is climbing after the company announced exploration results that suggest its Gonneville project may hold more gold than anticipated 2D seismic readings identified a plunge extension that ran for around 1.6km north-west of the resource and is around 500m below surface
Mining companies are under a global magnifying glass. Consumers are demanding sustainability, not only from manufacturers but along the entire supply chain, from the moment the mineral is found to when it appears in the products they are purchasing.
Chalice Mining (CHN) has identified a potential 1.6-kilometre extension to the Gonneville Intrusion within its Julimar Project in Western Australia. The company completed a recent 2D seismic survey over the Gonneville-Hartog area, with work highlighting the potential plunge extension of the Gonneville Intrusion 1.6 kilometres northwest of the resource and 500 metres below surface.
Mineral exploration companies are looking for valuable minerals to mine in Wyoming. The prospects look good for gold, copper, zinc, nickel, and platinum mining in the Cowboy State, but realizing that investment runs up against a heavily bureaucratic permitting process, which can easily take a decade.
Starting this weekend, Aberdeen Minerals will be flying a helicopter in the area between Maud in the north down to Belhelvie in the south and from the coast to Insch in the west. Using a machine which produces an electronic pulse, the helicopter will produce data to map the geology of the area with the daily flights taking a month to complete the 3700km survey.
Resource Mining Corporation Ltd (ASX:RMI) is progressing due diligence at Ruossakero Nickel Project in Northern Finland, Kola Lithium Project in Central Finland and Hirvikallio Lithium Project in Southern Finland.
Blencowe Resources PLC (LSE:BRES) said it terminated its agreement with SIPA Resources relating to the Akelikongo nickel project so that it can focus on its flagship Orom-Cross graphite project. Blencowe, which bought the right to earn in to the Akelikongo project in February
Zenith Minerals (ZNC) has defined a new nickel-copper platinum group element target at the Waratah Well project in Western Australia. The project is part of the Zenith lithium joint venture (JV) with EV Metals, under which ZNC retains 100 per cent of the platinum group elements recovered.
Poseidon Nickel Ltd (ASX:POS, OTC:PSDNF) has chosen to partner with Green Gold Projects Pte Ltd (GGP) to develop and operate the Windarra Gold Tailings Project in Western Australia, a move the company says is in the best interest of shareholders as it focuses firmly on the restart of its Black Swan Nickel Project.
Fresh off its early August listing on the TSX Venture Exchange, NiCAN Ltd. (TSXV: NICN) has released results from its first two drill holes at its Wine project in Manitoba. Hole 22-05 intersected three distinct zones of mineralization, including 27.3 metres…
Perth-based developer Caeneus Minerals has concluded a 20-hole, 4000m-plus RC drilling campaign at its Highway nickel-cobalt-copper-palladium deposit that is part of the company’s larger Pardoo project near Port Hedland in WA. The program’s phase two infill holes were aimed at collecting metallurgical and geological data ahead of a 2023 mineral resource estimate at the operation.
Soil samples taken from Si6 Metals’ Maibele East and Mashambe prospects in Botswana have revealed elevated levels of copper, zinc and nickel suggesting the possibility of nickel-sulphide deposits lurking beneath. Identified by X-ray fluorescence analysis
Quebec Nickel Corp (CSE:QNI, OTCQB:QNICF) CEO David Patterson joined Proactive’s Stephen Gunnion with details of new assay results from step-out drilling completed at the Fortin Sill Zone, at the Ducros Project in Quebec.
The Tamarack project, a joint venture between base metals junior Talon and diversified major Rio Tinto, is continuing to expand, with more thick, high-grade nickel/copper mineralisation TSX-listed base metals company Talon is continuing to expand the Tamarack project
A first phase of exploration drilling has yielded Horizon Minerals high-grade drilling results from its Pinner prospect at the company’s Cannon gold project 30km south-east of Kalgoorlie in WA’s Goldfields. Notably, new and shallow mineralisation was encountered with intercepts including 1m at 35.39 grams per tonne gold from 36m within a broader 6m hit going 6.94 g/t from 35m.
TSX-listed Novo Resources is ramping up its exploration blitz across the company’s highly prospective 11,000 square kilometre Pilbara portfolio with a significant focus on gold prospects at its Purdy’s North project.
The highly prospective Central Fraser Zone is home to IGO’s (ASX:IGO) Nova Bollinger nickel-copper-cobalt deposit, Legend Mining’s (ASX:LEG) Mawson discovery 50km to the north and Galileo Mining’s (ASX:GLM) adjacent Lantern Project.
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Redwood Materials launched a Consumer Recycling Program to reduce the world’s reliance on newly mined materials. If properly recycled, your old and broken devices can decrease global reliance on mining and lower the cost and environmental impact of products, explained Redwood Materials.
Raiden Resources (RDN) has secured two diamond drill rigs for its upcoming drill program at its flagship Mt Sholl project in WA. The company engaged Topdrill to undertake the program and will pay up to 30 per cent of the invoice in Raiden stock.
HAWKEYE Gold & Diamond Inc. (the Company or “HAWKEYE”) (TSXV:HAWK); (OTC:HWKDF); (Frankfurt Ticker:HGT); (WKN:A12A61); (ISIN: CA42016R3027): is pleased to announce results from its multi-phased 2022 ground-based work program over its 100% owned Swift River , Keithley Creek, Seller Creek, Cariboo Valley, 2 Aces West and 2 Aces East properties
Amur Minerals Corporation (AIM:AMC, OTC:AMMCF) said if the agreed disposal of its Kun-Manie nickel project in Russia completes as planned, it will move forward as a cash shell. Following receipt of the consideration of US$35mln, the company confirmed that intends to pay a special dividend of 1.8p per share, within 90 days of completion.
Lithium company Lake Resources has appointed David Dickson as its new chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director. Dickson has more than 30 years experience in process technology, engineering, construction, and EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) cost management across the energy sector.
After months of emails, texts and meetings in Germany, Deiss rewarded Champagne’s persistence by crossing the Atlantic Ocean to sign agreement that signalled VW’s interest in investing in Canadian mining and exploration companies a sign that plans to turn Canada into a major player in the electric vehicle industry may amount to more than hype.
Thor Mining PLC (AIM:THR, OTC:THORF, ASX:THR)’s (Thor Mining PLC (AIM:THR, OTC:THORF, ASX:THR)) managing director, Nicole Galloway Warland, made time in her busy schedule to speak with Proactive London about its current exploration activity.
If you ride a bike or drive an electric vehicle, thank you. If you eat, cook, or keep food in the fridge, thank you. If you use a mobile phone, laptop, computer, access medical services, play the guitar, rely on solar panels to heat your home, thank you.
Poseidon Nickel says it has signed a binding heads of agreement with Green Gold Projects Pte Ltd (GGP) for the processing of the Windarra Gold Tailings Project in Western Australia.
Battery production for electric vehicles should be a concern. For one, the US has neither the resources nor the production capacity to meet the demand of EV manufacturers. Second, as a national security concern, not having the requisite production infrastructure to support energy transformation leaves the US vulnerable to economic decline and energy price increases.
Andrew Cole, managing director and chief executive officer of Oz Minerals Ltd., discusses the Australian miner’s plan to double copper production, and the demand-supply outlook for commodities including nickel. He speaks from the sidelines of the Jefferies Asia Forum with Paul Allen and Shery Ahn on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.”
The Neometals spin-off has been working as a standalone company for around a year and has refined what Norregaard calls a “globally significant” resource of 168,150 tonnes of nickel sulphides grading
We’re used to hearing forecasts, results and updates from Brazil’s Vale about its iron ore business one of the top three in the world along with Rio Tinto and BHP. But it is also a major nickel and copper producer, especially from the old Inco mines in Canada, with other operations in Indonesia.
On Sep. 8, Electra Battery Materials Corporation released highlights of a scoping study prepared by a global engineering firm supporting the creation of an integrated electric vehicle battery materials park in Ontario that would include nickel, cobalt and manganese refining, recycling of battery black mass material, and precursor cathode active material (pCAM) manufacturing.
This WA-based gold-nickel explorer is making some noise this morning, revealing the key tenement comprising the Andover West Project has been granted for a period of five years from September 1. Andover West covers an area of 100km2 in a very favourable geological setting for nickel in the West Pilbara
Vendor/ Supplier Related
The Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law by President Biden on Wednesday, is poised to boost the financial incentive of purchasing electric vehicles while reducing China’s involvement in the supply chain. There’s just one problem nearly all of the materials that go into an EV battery, cobalt, nickel, graphite, and graphite, are not made in the US.
An 85-year-old mine in the Kenora area could be reactivated to help supply North America’s electric vehicle industry with nickel and copper. The Tartisan Nickel Corporation has filed a preliminary economic assessment of their Kenbridge Nickel property near Kenora
Investor Relations
BHP Group’s plans to grow its copper business are not dependent on acquisitions, the global miner’s chief executive told shareholders on Thursday, after the rebuff of its bid to take over a smaller Australian copper and nickel firm.
Mallee Resources making progress with Avebury Nickel Mine as investors cough up, sales revenue soon
Ore prices fluctuated with occasional drops last week in the sluggish market. Last Friday, the SMM average price of Ni 1.5% ore stood at $67.5/wmt on a CIF basis, down $1/wmt from a week earlier. On the demand side, the NPI and stainless steel markets were slack.
According to SMM research, the bonded zone inventory stood at 6,400 mt this week. The inventory of nickel briquette was 2,150 mt, and that of nickel plate was 4,250 mt. Inventory of nickel briquettes and nickel plates both decreased slightly because the steel mills will probably resume the production in September.
The Shanghai Futures Exchange has issued rules for companies seeking to deliver nickel briquettes against its nickel futures contract, in a further step towards allowing the product to be used for trading.
Stung by an epic crisis in nickel trading, the London Metal Exchange is ushering in new rules to boost transparency. From Monday, members of the world’s oldest and largest venue for buying and selling industrial metals will have to give the exchange weekly reports on their over-the-counter (OTC) trades — bilateral deals between members and clients.
As of September 9, port inventories of nickel ore in China added 108,000 wmt to 6.64 million wmt compared with last week. The total Ni content stood at 52,500 mt. Port inventory of nickel ore across seven major Chinese ports stood at 3.55 million wmt, 138,000 wmt higher than last week.
Stock/Shares
First Class Metals Discovers High-Grade Nickel Zone in Canada; Shares Rise
Economy
The price tag to build a Temiskaming battery materials industrial park will be in the neighbourhood of $720 million to $850 million. Electra Battery Materials announced the results of a scoping study this week that crunched the economic numbers of the proposed development situated between the town of Cobalt and Temiskaming Shores.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has staunchly backed the country’s mining sector, saying a successful industry was key to Australia’s economic recovery amid global uncertainty. Speaking at a mining and resources conference in Canberra on Wednesday, Mr Dutton said it was critical for the mining industry to be able to grow.
Exports/ Imports
The European Union and United States have ramped up buying key industrial metals from Russia, data showed, despite logistical problems spurred by the war in Ukraine and tough talk about starving Moscow of foreign exchange revenue.
Delivering record mining royalties (Premier of Tasmania)
Tasmania’s mining and minerals processing sector continues to go from strength to strength. It contributes the lion’s share of our exports by value – a staggering $3.1 billion in the 12 months to June 2022, or more than 65 per cent.
EU and U.S. step up Russian aluminum, nickel imports despite ongoing war in Ukraine: data



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