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Most discussions of deep-sea mining focus on environmental disruption or regulatory uncertainty. A new study adds a different kind of risk to the list: some seafloor rocks can catch fire…
Westwin Elements plans to spend $502 million over the next five years on the Westwin Natchez nickel refinery, a commercial-scale, high-purity nickel plant in Natchez, Mississippi.…
Nickel prices have recovered modestly in late September, with both LME and SHFE contracts rising by more than 1% in a recent session and spot nickel…
An industrial processing complex in Tennessee is at the center of Korea Zinc’s plan to expand U.S. refining capacity. Korea Zinc’s $7.4 billion Project Crucible has…
Nickel prices recovered modestly on Sept. 22 as market sentiment improved ahead of the China-US summit, interrupting a slide toward US$16,000 a tonne. But the rebound…
Nickel’s 2026 outlook is being shaped by two opposing signals: Indonesia is imposing greater discipline on mine supply, while LME warehouses hold almost 279,000 tonnes of…
Updated PEA models a 22-year operation, 10.7 million ounces of annual silver-equivalent production in its first seven years and a 29.3% after-tax IRR at long-term consensus…
Honey Badger Silver’s updated preliminary economic assessment raises Prairie Creek’s after-tax net present value to about C$1.2 billion, supported by higher silver, zinc and lead prices,…
Brazilian ferronickel processing infrastructure at an industrial nickel operation. China-backed MMG has offered long-term ferronickel supply guarantees to European customers in an effort to secure regulatory…
The Crawford project is designing autonomy, electrification and fleet management into its mine plan from the outset. Canada Nickel’s planned Crawford nickel project in Ontario is…
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