Australian Nickel Mining

Nickel mining in Australia uses both surface and underground mining techniques to extract laterite and sulphide ores of different nickel grades. Nickel mining products for export and local use contribute to the Australian …

Cobalt mining company hopes for federal …

An Australian mining and exploration company hopes a renewed government commitment in the critical minerals sector will help clear its pathway to becoming the world's largest producer of ethical ...

TANZANIA : Tanzania hopes to join world's top nickel and cobalt

Anglo-Australian group BHP's investment in Kabanga, which is set to begin production by 2025, has fuelled hopes that Tanzania could soon become one of the leading nickel and cobalt producers. - 1/17/2022 ... This could help the site join the ranks of the world's top five nickel mines and the top 10 cobalt mines.

Cobalt demand and opportunity in Australia

In July 2022, Australia's state and federal governments insisted teams of geologists look for cobalt in mine waste as the country aimed to diversify its clean energy minerals export such as nickel, cobalt and lithium.

Resources Top 5: These nickel, cobalt and lithium explorers …

Which it has, massively. Now the KNP is one of the more advanced nickel-cobalt projects on the ASX, ready to take advance of a bullish demand thematic. The KNP hosts 5.9Mt of contained nickel and 380kt of contained cobalt, making it the largest nickel-cobalt resource in the developed world. That's enough to power 147m electric vehicles, ARL says.

Nickel

Our nickel operations are in Canada, Australia, Norway, and New Caledonia. We produce other metals as a by-product of nickel production, including ... Koniambo is a large-scale integrated ferronickel mining and processing complex. ...

Kalgoorlie Nickel Project | Ardea Resources Limited

The Goongarrie Hub within the KNP is located 70km northwest of the mining centre the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, with resources of 584Mt at 0.69% nickel and 0.043% cobalt for 4Mt of contained nickel and 250kt of contained cobalt (ASX release 30 June 2023).

Project overview – Alliance Nickel

The NiWest Nickel Cobalt Project is one of the largest and highest quality undeveloped nickel-cobalt resources in Australia. The Project is located in the West Australian Nickel belt, adjacent to Glencore's Murrin Murrin Nickel-Cobalt Operation. ... arterial roads, optic fibre communications, a commercial airstrip and nearby mining towns ...

$2.4 billion battery minerals complex granted major project …

The way has been smoothed for Australian mining company Sunrise Energy Metals to take advantage of the booming lithium-ion battery industry with the federal government awarding Major Project Status to a $2.4 billion nickel and …

NiWest Nickel-Cobalt Project, located in Western Australia

NiWest nickel-cobalt project (NiWest) is an advanced stage nickel-cobalt resource located in Western Australia. Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)-listed nickel and critical …

Summary Report Nickel and Cobalt Mining Impact on …

cobalt mine grading 0.35% cobalt, 317 tonnes of ore are removed for every tonne of cobalt extracted (1:317 metal-to-ore ratio), while at an average Indonesian nickel mine grading 1.5% nickel, 78 tonnes of ore are required to produce 1 tonne of nickel (1:78 metal-to-ore ratio). Background The global energy transition is metal intensive and requires

LG Energy Solution inks deal with Australian mining company for nickel

LG Energy, a subsidiary of LG Chem, will purchase 71,000 dry metric tons of nickel and 7,000 dry metric tons of cobalt from Australian Mines Limited starting from the end of 2024.

Sconi Project

From 2028, our intention is that the Sconi Project will deliver sustainably produced nickel and cobalt. The development and operation of Sconi will create significant social and economic benefits. It is expected to create approximately 800 jobs and increase Gross Regional Product by A$2.2 billion over the life of the Project.

New status for nickel-cobalt project

Nico Resources' Wingellina Project hosts one of the world's largest undeveloped oxide-type nickel-cobalt reserves, with production expected to meet critical mineral demand for …

Cobalt in Australia

Over the five years to 2022, production from Australia increased by a CAGR of 4% and is expected to rise by a CAGR of 18% between 2023 and 2027. GlobalData uses proprietary data and analytics to provide a complete picture of this market in its Global Cobalt Mining to 2030 report. Buy the report here.

Australia: nickel and cobalt mining expenditure …

In the quarter ended September 2024, expenditure on nickel and cobalt exploration in Australia amounted to 55.7 million Australian dollars. This highest expenditure on nickel and cobalt...

ASX Nickel Stocks: 5 Biggest Nickel Mining Companies

Market cap: AU$3.79 billion Share price: AU$5.09 IGO is a diversified miner that produces several different metals, but its focus is on its 100 percent owned Nova nickel-copper-cobalt operation.

Keeping up with cobalt: demand and opportunity in Australia

C obalt mining is a fast-growing market due to its versatility in the global energy industry. The critical mineral is a key component in the transition towards renewable energy, providing battery minerals that power electric vehicles (EVs), with modern EVs using lithium-nickel-manganese-cobalt-oxide batteries with a cathode containing 10%-20% cobalt.

ASX Cobalt Stocks: 4 Biggest Companies in 2024 | INN

The company owns the New South Wales-based Broken Hill project, a cobalt asset that it says adheres to Australian labour and sustainability standards, and is planning the Kwinana cobalt-nickel ...

Column: Australia gives nickel a quick fix, but surgery of …

Australia is throwing a lifeline to its under pressure nickel mining sector, but the solution on offer is more of a band aid than the needed major surgery, the carving of the global nickel ...

Nickel and cobalt: A clean future duo

Glencore is aiming to supply the electric vehicle industry with ethical nickel and cobalt, demonstrating the mining industry's commitment to having a positive social impact.

Nickel / cobalt mining extraction procedures

One of the most used processes to treat nickel and cobalt "speiss" is that used by the company, Sherritt Gordon Mines Ltd, from Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. Sherritt Gordon Process The nickel and cobalt metallurgy processes begin with an initial treatment of the mineral, re-concentrating it through crushing and flotation/gravity and ...

Madagascar's nickel and cobalt miner Ambatovy shuts down

Madagascar's nickel and cobalt miner Ambatovy has shut down a pipeline supplying ore from its mine in the country's east to a processing and refinery plant due to damage, its major shareholder ...

Testwork yields strong results for Cobalt Blue

Cobalt Blue has made strides in developing its Kwinana cobalt refinery in Western Australia, with testwork demonstrating over 95 per cent cobalt extraction from several feedstocks.

Can Australia capitalise on its cobalt potential?

Along with other energy transition minerals, many miners are keen to maximise the untapped opportunity Australian cobalt presents. Cobalt Blue's Broken Hill project is one of …

Nickel

Chalice Mining's Gonneville nickel-cobalt-copper-platinum group elements project has been awarded 'major project' status by the Federal Government. Read More Olivia Thomson October 14, 2024 ...

De-risking critical minerals supply in Australia

As the world shifts to a renewable energy model, nations are becoming increasingly reliant on critical minerals. While there are different definitions of these 50-plus materials, they are generally understood to be those used in renewable energy tech including solar panels, wind turbines and batteries – most notably lithium, nickel and cobalt.

Major Project to Wingellina nickel cobalt

A prefeasibility study completed in December 2022 outlined a viable project capable of producing up to 40,000t of nickel and 3,000t of cobalt in a mixed hydroxide …

10 Largest Cobalt Mining Companies and Their Mines in the …

Global cobalt demand surged to 187 kilotons in 2022, up from 166 kilotons in 2021. The Cobalt Institute reports that battery applications now account for 72% of cobalt demand, an increase from 70% ...

ASX Cobalt Companies | Full List

Full list of Cobalt companies trading on the ASX. View today's share price activity. Sort alphabetically, by performance or market cap ... Australian Mines Ltd. AUZ Australian Mines Ltd. $0.014 +0.001 +7.69%: $0.016: $0.013: 47,816,817: …

Australia cashes in on cobalt

One such project is Glencore's Murrin Murrin nickel-cobalt mine in Western Australia, which experienced 14% year-on-year growth in cobalt output in 2020. The previous year, the site made up 66.7% of total Australian cobalt …

We need '+330 mines in 12 years' to feed battery …

74 new lithium mines with an average size of 45,000 tonnes LCE by 2035; 72 nickel mining projects with an average size of 42,500 tonnes, and 62 new cobalt mining projects of 5,000 tonnes each . We need over 300 new …

The Murrin Murrin Operations

Murrin Murrin is a remote, fully integrated nickel and cobalt producer located in the north-eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia. We use conventional open pit mining methods to extract the nickel and cobalt ore, before processing and refining this laterite ore at our complex hydrometallurgical facility.

The Murrin Murrin Operations

Murrin Murrin is a remote, fully integrated nickel and cobalt producer located in the north-eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia. We use conventional open pit mining methods to extract the nickel and cobalt ore, before processing …

Novo Resources forms JV with SQM on lithium-nickel

Novo currently holds a prospective land package covering approximately 9,000 square kilometres in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Its main asset is the Nullagine gold project, which has ...

Column: In search of the elusive green nickel premium

BHP halts Western Australia nickel mines on weak prices, glut. Since then, low prices have trumped green credentials, a pattern seen in other battery metals, such as lithium and cobalt ...

Australian Cobalt Mining Industry: Australia's Cobalt …

According to the latest research, Australia has about 70 cobalt-focused projects. Here are some of the most notable Australian cobalt mining players and projects at a glance: Mining major Glencore owns the most extensive operation, the Murrin Murrin nickel-cobalt …

The next nickel players in Australia

EV sales are expected to reach 38.9 million units by 2030, up from 6.6 million units in 2021. Mincor Resources. Mincor Resources is focused on re-establishing sustainable high-grade nickel production from its Kambalda project in Western Australia.. Between 2001–16, Kambalda became a trusted nickel producer before it was placed on care and maintenance …