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Nickel
Q4 2022 News Highlights for the Nickel Market
A selection of highlights for Q4 of last year in the nickel market. Indonesia Floated a Nickel OPEC: Indonesia has been pitching the idea of a nickel focused group like OPEC. I don’t we’ll see this come to pass but...
Investment News
US certifies first small modular nuclear reactor design
US certifies first small modular nuclear reactor design
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued it's final rule to certify NuScale Power’s small modular reactor, effective February 21, 2023. “SMRs are no longer an abstract concept” Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Kathryn Huff said, in a Department of...
Investment News
Global oil demand to hit record 101.7 million barrels a day in 2023
Nearly 50% of the 1.9mb/d increase in oil demand this year is to come from China after it lifted it's Covid restrictions, according to the IEA. Meanwhile, world oil supply growth in 2023 is set to slow to 1 mb/d...
Copper
Protests in Peru threaten almost $4 billion worth of global copper supply
Protests in Peru threaten almost $4 billion worth of global copper supply
Peru's third largest mine, Las Bambas, has reportedly not exported any copper concentrate since January 3, and Glencore's large Antapaccay mine is also facing "restricted" capacity.* UPDATE: Glencore has now suspended operations at Antapaccay copper mine after protesters set fire...
Nickel
Q4 2022 News Highlights for the EV Market
Q4 2022 News Highlights for the EV Market
A selection of highlights for Q4 of last year in the EV market. Tesla Slashed Prices in China: Tesla kicked off a pricing war in China by cutting the cost of its Model 3 and Model Y in October, which...
Nickel
Indonesia’s Nickel Smelter Slowdown
Indonesia’s Nickel Smelter Slowdown
As reported by Reuters, Indonesia decided that perhaps quality matters more than quantity when it coes to nickel smelters. The country pushed hard for investment in its nickel sector and that’s what it got.  More smelters and more exports, which...
Investment News
Nearly two-thirds of Canadians now support further development of nuclear power
According to a new, non-profit survey, the percentage of Canadians who would like further development of nuclear power has increased from 51% in 2021 to 57% in 2023. "As the world pushes towards net-zero emissions targets, and away from the...
Hydrogen
India approves US$2.3 billion to support green hydrogen energy production, to create global hub
India's cabinet has approved the "National Green Hydrogen Mission", to make India a global green hydrogen hub by 2030, including: development of green  hydrogen production capacity of at least 5 million metric tonnes per year, with an associated renewable energy...
Investment News
Oil demand in China forecast to reach record levels
Daily consumption in China may expand by 800,000 barrels, a Bloomberg survey shows. Wood MacKenzie suggests the recovery may pick up from second quarter of this year. Our analysis on what the return of oil means for the global economy:...
Investment News
89% of 500 companies surveyed in new report using or looking at using carbon credits
A new report — Corporate Minds on Climate Action, by Conservation International and We Mean Business Coalition — surveyed 502 business leaders from 500 medium-to-large businesses across the US, UK and EU found 89% say carbon credits are important to compensate...
Investment News
South Korea, Sweden, Belgium latest to push nuclear power expansion
An increasing number of countries around the world are turning to nuclear energy for energy security: Sweden has announced a plan to lift a law limiting the number of nuclear reactors in the country to only 10, in a push...
Investment News
Transition to net zero by 2050 could value add US$10.3 trillion to the global economy
The transition to net zero is not a cost, but an opportunity, according to a new report by ARUP and Oxford Economics, which forecasts total value add to the global economy to be US10.3 trillion by 2050. In particular, total...
Nickel
Global EV Charging Station Growth in 2022
Global EV Charging Station Growth in 2022
If 2021 was the year EVs went mainstream then 2022 was the year that the support system made a much needed dash to try and catch up. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the number of public EV chargers...
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Nickel
Q4 2022 News Highlights for the Nickel Market
Q4 2022 News Highlights for the Nickel Market
A selection of highlights for Q4 of last year in the nickel market. Indonesia Floated a Nickel OPEC: Indonesia has been pitching the idea of a nickel focused group like OPEC. I don’t we’ll see this come to pass but...
Investment News
US certifies first small modular nuclear reactor design
US certifies first small modular nuclear reactor design
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued it's final rule to certify NuScale Power’s small modular reactor, effective February 21, 2023. “SMRs are no longer an abstract concept” Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Kathryn Huff said, in a Department of...
Investment News
Global oil demand to hit record 101.7 million barrels a day in 2023
Nearly 50% of the 1.9mb/d increase in oil demand this year is to come from China after it lifted it's Covid restrictions, according to the IEA. Meanwhile, world oil supply growth in 2023 is set to slow to 1 mb/d...
Copper
Protests in Peru threaten almost $4 billion worth of global copper supply
Protests in Peru threaten almost $4 billion worth of global copper supply
Peru's third largest mine, Las Bambas, has reportedly not exported any copper concentrate since January 3, and Glencore's large Antapaccay mine is also facing "restricted" capacity.* UPDATE: Glencore has now suspended operations at Antapaccay copper mine after protesters set fire...
Nickel
Q4 2022 News Highlights for the EV Market
Q4 2022 News Highlights for the EV Market
A selection of highlights for Q4 of last year in the EV market. Tesla Slashed Prices in China: Tesla kicked off a pricing war in China by cutting the cost of its Model 3 and Model Y in October, which...
Nickel
Indonesia’s Nickel Smelter Slowdown
Indonesia’s Nickel Smelter Slowdown
As reported by Reuters, Indonesia decided that perhaps quality matters more than quantity when it coes to nickel smelters. The country pushed hard for investment in its nickel sector and that’s what it got.  More smelters and more exports, which...
Investment News
Nearly two-thirds of Canadians now support further development of nuclear power
According to a new, non-profit survey, the percentage of Canadians who would like further development of nuclear power has increased from 51% in 2021 to 57% in 2023. "As the world pushes towards net-zero emissions targets, and away from the...
Hydrogen
India approves US$2.3 billion to support green hydrogen energy production, to create global hub
India's cabinet has approved the "National Green Hydrogen Mission", to make India a global green hydrogen hub by 2030, including: development of green  hydrogen production capacity of at least 5 million metric tonnes per year, with an associated renewable energy...
Investment News
Oil demand in China forecast to reach record levels
Daily consumption in China may expand by 800,000 barrels, a Bloomberg survey shows. Wood MacKenzie suggests the recovery may pick up from second quarter of this year. Our analysis on what the return of oil means for the global economy:...
Investment News
89% of 500 companies surveyed in new report using or looking at using carbon credits
A new report — Corporate Minds on Climate Action, by Conservation International and We Mean Business Coalition — surveyed 502 business leaders from 500 medium-to-large businesses across the US, UK and EU found 89% say carbon credits are important to compensate...
Investment News
South Korea, Sweden, Belgium latest to push nuclear power expansion
An increasing number of countries around the world are turning to nuclear energy for energy security: Sweden has announced a plan to lift a law limiting the number of nuclear reactors in the country to only 10, in a push...
Investment News
Transition to net zero by 2050 could value add US$10.3 trillion to the global economy
The transition to net zero is not a cost, but an opportunity, according to a new report by ARUP and Oxford Economics, which forecasts total value add to the global economy to be US10.3 trillion by 2050. In particular, total...
Nickel
Global EV Charging Station Growth in 2022
Global EV Charging Station Growth in 2022
If 2021 was the year EVs went mainstream then 2022 was the year that the support system made a much needed dash to try and catch up. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the number of public EV chargers...
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