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Former Goldman commodities chief joins Canadian company planning to launch transition-focused futures
FILE PHOTO: The logo for Goldman Sachs is seen on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, New York, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly//File Photo
investment ideas
Old economy drags base metals lower in first half of 2023
A dump truck drives at the construction site of a new dam on the Angara river for an enlargement of an open-pit mine of the Gorevsky GOK lead and zinc ore mining and processing plant near the Siberian settlement of Novoangarsk, Russia, August 16, 2016.
opinion
Your next EV could be made from metals extracted from the seabed – a potential environmental disaster
Eric Reguly
report on business
Canada’s Sherritt International reports death of worker at mine in Cuba
May 22, 2003. Sherritt International Chairman Ian Delaney faces shareholders at the energy and mining company's annual general meeting in Toronto on Thursday, May 22, 2003. (J.P. Moczulski/Globe & Mail)
on commodities
Will we have enough nickel for our EVs in 2030?
A dump truck loads raw nickel ore at a nickel mining site of Vale in Sorowako, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
report on business
BHP committed to growing portfolio of copper, nickel projects as it bypasses lithium
The company logo adorns the side of the BHP gobal headquarters in Melbourne on February 21, 2023. - The Australian multinational, a leading producer of metallurgical coal, iron ore, nickel, copper and potash, said net profit slumped 32 percent year-on-year to 6.46 billion US dollars in the six months to December 31. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) (Photo by WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images)
energy and resources
Brazilian mining giant Vale seeking partner to buy minority stake in base metals unit
Vale Canada's Copper Cliff Complex South Mine Project in Sudbury, Ontario on Thursday October 13/2022. The company held a grand opening for the $945 million project. Gino Donato/The Globe and Mail
world
GM aims to lower EV battery cost, locks up supply deal with Vale
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden drives a Hummer EV as he tours the General Motors 'Factory ZERO' electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
globe drive
EV battery makers race to develop cheaper cell materials, skirting China
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: General Motors assembly workers connect a battery pack underneath a partially assembled 2018 Chevrolet Bolt EV vehicle on the assembly line at Orion Assembly in Lake Orion, Michigan, U.S., March 19, 2018. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo/File Photo
canada
Nickel is the key to an electric vehicle transition. Is mining it making Canadians sick?
A view of incinerator, paper mill and port in Limoilou, Quebec on August 15, 2022.
energy and resources
Vale’s base metals chief vows to turn around underperforming Sudbury nickel mines
Deshnee Naidoo, Executive Vice-President of Vale's base metals business and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, tour the 3500 foot level of Vale Canada's Copper Cliff Complex South Mine Project in Sudbury, Ontario on Thursday October 13/2022. The company held a grand opening for the $945 million project. Gino Donato/The Globe and Mail
international business
EU and U.S. step up Russian aluminum, nickel imports despite ongoing war in Ukraine: data
Shipping containers are stacked together at the Port of Baltimore, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, in Baltimore. During the summer, a massive container ship pulled into port loaded with sheets of plywood, aluminum rods and radioactive material – all sourced from the fields, forests and factories of Russia. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
world
Canadian diplomat summoned by China over G7 statement on Taiwan
Jim Nickel, deputy head of mission of the Canadian embassy in Beijing, talks to journalists as he waits to be allowed to enter the Dandong Intermediate People's Court, where Canadian businessman Michael Spavor will be on trial under spying charges, in the border city of Dandong in China's northeast Liaoning province on March 19, 2021. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP) (Photo by NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Flagging housing market implies 85% chance of recession in next 24 months: TD economists
Homes are pictured in Vancouver, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. The new CEO and President of the Canadian Housing and Mortgage Corporation says she believes achieving the organization's goal of facilitating attainable housing for all Canadians by 2030 will be more difficult because of the pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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With the state of the cybersecurity industry remaining ‘strong,’ a Morgan Stanley analyst reveals his top stock picks
A woman uses her computer keyboard to type while surfing the internet in North Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012.
opinion
Metals melt down as recession fears overwhelm supply woes
Andy Home
report on business
Brazil’s Vale moves closer to developing nickel sulfate operation in Canada
FILE PHOTO: A worker poses with a handful of nickel ore at the nickel mining factory of PT Vale Tbk, near Sorowako, Indonesia, January 8, 2014. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad/File Photo
energy and resources
Elliott Associates sues LME for $456-million over nickel trading halt: HKEX
FILE PHOTO: The offices where the London Metal Exchange is headquartered are seen in the City of London, Britain, January 18, 2018 REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
energy and resources
As Canada builds its battery metals industry, can it compete with the world’s behemoths?
Petro-Canada's electric vehicle charging station is shown on display at the Canadian International Auto Show, in Toronto, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. Ottawa is set to pour an unprecedented amount of public money into the mining and metals sector, as growing global demand for electric vehicles creates what industry insiders describe as a "once-in-a-generation" opportunity for Canadian resources.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
inside the market
CFO buys highly ranked nickel stock after it more than doubles
Ted Dixon
british columbia
B.C. poultry farmers uniquely equipped to respond to possible avian flu
Chickens are seen at a chicken farm that was flooded but now getting back up and running in Abbotsford, B.C., Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. Poultry farmers in British Columbia are under pressure to protect their flocks as a highly contagious strain of avian flu sweeps over North America. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
investment ideas
Elon Musk’s tweets fuel mining industry’s hopes of a buyout by Tesla
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk speaks at an event in Hawthorne, California April 30, 2015.
investment ideas
Mass exit from nickel market opens up a volatility trap
Employees work at the Ferronikeli smelting complex in Glogovac, central Kosovo February 12, 2009.
investment ideas
British financial regulators launch probe into London Metal Exchange’s halt to chaotic nickel trading
FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor of the London Metal Exchange, in London, Britain September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
international business
Tesla reportedly signed an undisclosed nickel supply deal with Brazilian mining company Vale
FILE PHOTO: A Tesla logo is seen at a groundbreaking ceremony of Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory in Shanghai, China January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song
energy and resources
Mining company backed by Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates to begin drilling in Greenland
FILE PHOTO: A Greenland’s national flag pictured in Nuuk, Greenland, September 9, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
investment ideas
LME nickel extends its slide as bugs still hit trading
Traders work on the floor of the London Metal Exchange, in London, Britain September 27, 2018.
investment ideas
Nickel market in disarray after chaotic London return
A view shows nickel sheets at Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company (Kola MMC), a subsidiary of Nornickel metals and mining company, in the town of Monchegorsk in Russia on Feb. 25, 2021
investment ideas
LME imposes price limits for the first time after nickel crisis
Traders work on the floor of the London Metal Exchange in London, Britain, September 27, 2018.
investment ideas
Ukraine crisis rocks the London Metal Exchange
Traders work on the floor of the London Metal Exchange in London, Britain, September 27, 2018.
investment ideas
Nickel, the devil’s metal with a history of bad behaviour
A worker monitors the nickel melting process at a nickel smelter of PT Vale Tbk, near Sorowako, Indonesia, January 8, 2014.
inside the market
Nickel prices and oil uncertainty show nobody is sure about anything right now
Pumpjacks draw oil out of the ground near Olds, Alta., on July 16, 2020. Rural areas in Alberta say the amount of unpaid taxes from energy companies is growing despite high oil prices. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
report on business
Nickel prices leap to a record over global supply fears and short sales
FILE PHOTO: A view shows nickel sheets at Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company (Kola MMC), a subsidiary of Nornickel metals and mining company, in the town of Monchegorsk in Murmansk Region, Russia February 25, 2021. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo
investment ideas
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sets back Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s dream for cheaper EVs, for now
A logo of the electric vehicle maker Tesla is seen near a shopping complex in Beijing, China January 5, 2021
investment ideas
Oil, wheat, nickel storm higher on fears of supply chaos
: A dump truck is loaded with ore at Zapolyarny mine of Medvezhy Ruchey enterprise, which is a subsidiary of the world's leading nickel and palladium producer Nornickel, in the Arctic city of Norilsk, Russia August 24, 2021