Nickel Top Stories

Spotlight: Projects to watch in 2026

Continuing price volatility in critical minerals and rare earths, executive shakeups and legal feuds over land claims have some major advanced-stage projects […]

Northern Miner Staff | December 3, 2025 | 11:40 am

First Atlantic drills 447m of 1.27% awaruite nickel at RPM zone

First Atlantic Nickel (TSXV: FAN) (OTCQB: FANCF) reports assays and…

Joseph Quesnel | August 13, 2025 | 1:23 pm

Spotlight: Mining and Exploration in BC, Prairie Provinces & the Far North

Canada is among the world’s best mining jurisdictions and has…

Northern Miner Staff | July 4, 2025 | 1:53 pm

Opinion: Canada can fast-track critical minerals and dodge US tariffs

This year’s Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual…

Phillip Mackey | May 22, 2025 | 11:08 am

Spotlight: Ontario projects to watch

Ontario is among the world’s top 10 mining jurisdictions and…

Northern Miner Staff | May 1, 2025 | 10:26 am

Northern Graphite to produce large flake concentrates at Bissett Creek project

Larger graphite flake sizes are used in the manufacture of bipolar plates for fuel cells and vanadium redox batteries, as well as primary batteries.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 23, 2021 | 6:09 am

Canada could be top player in global EV battery market — report

BMI says the combination of natural resources and highly skilled workforce should help developing a sustainable value chain for battery materials.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 22, 2021 | 7:33 am

Global EV sales pushed battery metals deployment in H2-2020 – report

Adamas Intelligence reports that EV registrations grew by 58% year-on-year in the second half of 2020 and, with them, battery metals deployment.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 22, 2021 | 6:13 am

OZ Minerals launches challenge to find green ways to extract metals

The Australian company wants innovators to focus environmentally friendly ways to extract metals like copper, gold, silver and cobalt from its concentrates.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 22, 2021 | 6:06 am

Argentina optimistic on projects led by Canadian miners

Argentina’s National Mining Secretariat issued a dossier highlighting projects by Yamana, Alpha Lithium, Minsud and others.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 21, 2021 | 1:19 pm

Global Battery Metals expands drill program at Irish lithium project

The Canadian company said new target areas are along the same lithium pegmatite trend as Ganfeng and International Lithium Corporation’s Avalonia project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 19, 2021 | 6:14 am