Watch our video from PDAC 2026 with Mark Selby, Canada Nickel Company (TSXV: CNC), on the Crawford project in Timmins.

The nickel scale story focuses on multi-million tonne resources, ~$30/t vs $12/t costs, and ~1.5Mt CO₂ capture. Key catalyst is permitting and funding toward 2026 build.

$CNC #PDAC2026 #Mining #Nickel #lowcarbon #criticalminerals

https://eresearch.com/2026/03/31/industry/mining/mining-base-metals/pdac-2026-video-canada-nickel-expands-large-low-carbon-nickel-district/

Watch our video from PDAC 2026 with Terry Lynch from Power Metallic Mines (TSXV: PNPN) on the Nisk Project in Quebec. Metallurgy came in at ~95% recoveries, and the project is now being viewed as a rare orthomagmatic system. PEA expected later this year.

$PNPN #PDAC2026 #Mining #Copper #Nickel #PGE

https://eresearch.com/2026/03/31/events/pdac-2026-video-power-metallic-mines-advances-high-grade-nisk-discovery/

I've started exploring and learning about rechargeable batteries as a hobby for a few days now and I've spent more than a hundred dollars. That's why I haven't been posting lately

I've bought pretty much the same thing that's on this video lol. Definitely not cheap. I could've bought RE 9 but I chose to spend some money starting out.

If anyone's got experiences with this, pls share. Thanks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdPcA-8b_1U

#xtar #electronics #battery #lithium #vx4 #lithiumion #nickel #iron #phosphorus

#SodiumIonBatteries offer an alternative to tricky #lithium

Oct 26th 2023

Excerpt: "Fortunately, lithium is not the only game in town. As we report this week, a clutch of firms are making batteries based on sodium, lithium’s elemental cousin. Since sodium’s chemical properties are very similar to those of lithium, it too makes for good batteries. And sodium, which is found in the salt in #seawater, is thousands of times more abundant on Earth than lithium and cheaper to get at. Most of the companies using sodium to make batteries today are also Chinese. But pursuing the technology in the West might be a surer route to energy security than relying heavily on lithium.

"Besides its abundance, sodium has other advantages. The best lithium batteries use #cobalt and #nickel in their electrodes. Nickel, like lithium, is in short supply. #Mining it on land is #EnvironmentallyDestructive. Proposals to grab it from the #seabed instead have caused rows. A good deal of the world’s cobalt, meanwhile, is extracted from small mines in the #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo, where #ChildLabour is common and working conditions are dire. Sodium batteries, by contrast, can use #electrodes built from #iron and #manganese [and wood #lignin], which are plentiful and uncontroversial. Since the chemical components are cheap, a scaled-up industry should be able to produce batteries that cost less than their lithium counterparts.

"Sodium is not a perfect replacement for lithium. It is heavier, meaning sodium batteries will weigh more than lithium ones of an equivalent capacity. That is likely to rule them out in some cases where lightness is paramount. But for other applications, such as #GridStorage or #HomeBatteries, weight is irrelevant. Several Chinese carmakers are even beginning to put sodium batteries in #ElectricVehicles."

Read more:
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/10/26/sodium-batteries-offer-an-alternative-to-tricky-lithium

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/7x6JX

#SolarPunkSunday #EnergyStorage #SodiumIon #NewTechnology #GiantLeap #Reuse #WasteReuse #NoLithiumMining #NoMining

A French startup is extracting nickel without digging a single hole. Using plants that absorb metal through their roots, they've successfully harvested nickel in just a few months—leaving the soil intact and ecosystems untouched. It's phytomining, and it could change how we source rare metals.

#Phytomining #GreenTech #SustainableMining #Nickel #Innovation #France

New method converts old phones and paper industry #waste into #GreenBattery tech

Scientists have created a sustainable, cost-effective, and highly efficient solution that promotes a #CircularEconomy while supporting the transition to greener #EnergyStorage.

By
Mrigakshi Dixit
Feb 20, 2026 06:59 AM EST

"A new sustainable method turns discarded #MobilePhoneBatteries and industrial lignin into a powerhouse material for #SodiumIon batteries.

"It is a stunning example of circular economy innovation. Rather than letting these materials sit in #landfills or go up in smoke, the team from China is giving the waste a high-tech second life.

"When tested as a sodium-ion battery anode, this composite of #nickel-#cobalt sulfides and #lignin-derived carbon delivered electrochemical results."

Read more:
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/battery-material-from-old-phone-batteries

#SolarPunkSunday #CellPhoneBatteries #Reuse #SodiumIonBatteries #NewTechnology #GiantLeap #EWaste #EWasteRecycling #EWasteReuse

Charging a three-cell nickel-based battery pack with a Li-Ion charger [pdf]

https://www.ti.com/lit/an/slyt468/slyt468.pdf

#HackerNews #Charging #Nickel-Based #Batteries #Li-Ion #Charger #Battery #Technology #PDF

Indonesia tightens control on nickel as the US and China scramble for minerals

https://misryoum.com/us/technology/indonesia-tightens-control-on-nickel-as-the-us/

HANOI, Vietnam -- Indonesia is tightening state control over the world’s largest nickel supply after years of betting the metal would anchor a homegrown electric-vehicle industry, and just as global demand begins shifting away from heavy reliance on nickel.The move...

#Indonesia #tightens #control #nickel #the #and #China #scramble #for #minerals #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com