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Welcome to the nickel miners news for January. The past month saw nickel prices fall as China manufacturing is being impacted by the Wuhan coronavirus, causing nickel inventories to rise. Looking to 2020, there is quite a mix of views towards nickel from the industry analysts - I highlight s...

Welcome to the January 2020 cobalt miner news. The past month saw cobalt prices move sideways and a very quiet month for news. Cobalt price news As of January 20, the cobalt spot price was US$14.52/lb , about the same as US14.74/lb last month. The LME cobalt price is US$31,500/tonne . ...

Welcome to the nickel miners news for December. The past month saw nickel prices the same as last month and some very good drill results from some nickel juniors. Nickel price news As of December 27, the nickel spot price was USD 6.35 , similar to USD 6.38 last month. Nickel inventory a...

Welcome to the December 2019 cobalt miner news. The past month saw cobalt prices move lower. The big news for the month was Glencore's Mutanda mine in Congo shuts down a month early. Also I noticed Glencore's cobalt production guidance remains lower (no Mutanda) for 2020, 2021, and 2022. Thi...

This article first appeared in Trend Investing on November 20, 2019; therefore, all data is as of this date. Europe and China will lead the way in reducing vehicle emissions in 2020, as governments tighten emission standard rules. In Europe, fines could reach 34 billion euros (~US$37.5...

Welcome to the nickel miners news for November. The past month saw nickel prices lower despite LME inventories falling further to only 66,820 tonnes. Nickel price news As of November 28, the nickel spot price was USD 6.38 , down from USD 7.66 last month. LME inventories fell again to ve...

Welcome to the November 2019 cobalt miner news. The past month saw cobalt prices move sideways, and plenty of news from the cobalt miners. The biggest news/shock for the month was the massive Katanga Mining C$7.6b discounted rights offering to pay back debt owed to Glencore. Clearly this has a...

This article first appeared on Trend Investing on October 10, 2019; therefore all data is as of this date. Two recent events have caused nickel prices to rise as inventories fall: The Indonesian nickel ore export ban set to begin January 2020. Nickel mining indefinitely suspended ...

This article first appeared in Trend Investing on September 5, 2019; therefore all data is as of that date. Indonesia has declared that they will ban nickel ore exports as of January 1st, 2020 (previously scheduled for 2022). However, on Monday, September 2, 2019, Indonesia’s Ener...

Welcome to the nickel miners news for October. The past month saw nickel prices slightly lower. LME inventories fell dramatically to very low levels (below 80kt), and are at a nine-year low. This is approaching the previous nickel low inventory levels that resulted in significant nickel pric...