Battery materials manufacturer Thakadu Battery Materials has announced the launch of IXS-PurePlus, a new nickel sulphate product developed for companies that require cleaner chemistry, tighter impurity control and improved performance in use.

URU Metals’ subsidiary Lesego Platinum Uitloop has completed the tender process for the Zone 2 resource drilling programme at its Zeb nickel project, in Limpopo, South Africa, and selected exploration drilling services company Zaaiman Exploration Drilling as its preferred drilling contractor.

Smelters at a major Indonesian nickel-processing hub will be forced to cut output as an El Niño-driven drought reduces the supply of water used to cool and protect equipment, according to people familiar with the matter.

French group Eramet is restarting operations at the Weda Bay nickel mine in Indonesia after suspending output earlier this year when it used up a reduced mining quota.

An updated Leapfrog three-dimensional (3D) geological model for London-listed URU Metals’ Zeb nickel project, in Limpopo, South Africa, has been completed, with this being used to define, position and rank the company’s next drill programme.

The Indonesian government will grant additional nickel ore production quotas selectively and only to smelters that are running low on raw materials, an industry association said on Thursday, as the market awaited clarity on how this year's quotas would be adjusted.

Australian lithium miner Ioneer said on Wednesday that it has signed separate non-binding memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with South Korea's Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urban Development Corporation (KIND) and Hyundai Engineering to help advance its Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project.

Canada Nickel Company has announced a strategic commercial partnership with RWE Supply & Trading - a global energy and carbon trading firm - to support the commercialisation of low-carbon intermediate stainless and alloy steel products from Canada Nickel's wholly-owned downstream subsidiary Net Zero Metals.

Panther Metals has agreed an extension amendment with Broken Rock Resources over the Obonga copper/zinc/lead/nickel/platinum group metals project, in Ontario.

Indonesia has not decided its nickel production quota for the entirety of 2026, the country's mining ministry said on Thursday, amid speculation that the quota would be increased.