A great piece on mining.com comparing Tesla, VW, and BYD on a bunch of metrics.  Unsurprisingly, with its $trillion market cap, Tesla is stomping the competition on multiple levels. The Model 3, which sells for 10-times the price of entry...

We covered residential battery storage last month but how about the bigger picture?  According to a recent forecast from BloombergNEF, total energy storage installations are expected to hit 358 gigawatts (1,028 gigawatt-hours) by the end of 2030.  For some context,...

Last year saw another drop in lithium-ion battery prices dropped. According to BloombergNEF, the average price fell 6% from the previous year landing at $132 per kilowatt-hour. For fun, can you guess the price back in 2010? The answer is...

A lot of people still see residential battery storage as a niche technology for off-gridder or wealth, tech-savvy homeowners. However, in the U.S., installations of home battery systems more than doubled from 2020 to 2021, according to analysts at Wood...

This week, prices for nickel shot up to levels not seen in a decade. Why? It’s the perfect storm you get when tightening global supply collides with red-hot demand from consumers – in this case EV manufacturers. The surge is...

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As we kick off the new year, it’s time for a reminder to all you metal investors, of why nickel is so important. Granted, nickel may not grab headlines like gold or lithium, but it is absolutely essential to the...

Chinese metals giant Tsingshan has kicked off commercial production of nickel matte in Indonesia. It marks the start of full-scale output at the company’s industrial park in Indonesia and is a sign that China is making good on its intention...

As reported by Reuters, Russia’s Norilsk Nickel is dialing up its long-term investment forecast, tacking on another $6 billion to its 2021–2030 budget, bringing the total to $35 billion. The reason? Soaring construction costs and a renewed focus on modernizing...

Vedanta has acquired Goa-based Nicomet with a view to establishing itself as the only producer of nickel in India. Until now, India has relied entirely on imports to meet its nickel demand, which currently stands at around 45,000 tonnes per...

2021 saw a significant acceleration in the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and the expansion of charging infrastructure, all of which is a thumbs up for the nickel industry.  Here are some highlights from what happened this year: In the...

Those hardworking journalists over at minig.com have produced a snapshot of the top 10 nickel mining companies by output in 2020 and we wanted to share it: 1. Nornickel – Russia | 178kt Russian giant Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) led the...