New Caledonia: Home To Thousands of Rare Species…And Urgently Needed Nickel
November 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of the New Yorker, a look at New Caledonia, home to thousands of species found nowhere else—and to nickel that companies like Tesla desperately need: In September, 2020, Elon Musk and a Tesla executive named Drew Baglino put on matching T-shirts and took the stage in a California parking lot. To mark what the company […]
Read more »New Caledonia Unrest Deals Further Blow To Nickel Industry
May 24th, 2024
Via The Asia Times, a report on the impact of recent riots and questions over New Caledonia’s stability on the nickel industry: Unrest in New Caledonia has compounded a crisis in the nickel industry of the French overseas territory, casting uncertainty over mining group Glencore’s attempt to divest from a major smelter there. The South […]
Read more »Why a Small Pacific Island Territory Is Upending Nickel Prices
May 22nd, 2024
Via Foreign Policy, a report on why violent riots in New Caledonia are having an outsized global impact on critical mineral supply chains. The tiny Pacific island territory of New Caledonia entered its second week of deadly riots on Monday, with protesters blocking roads and shutting down the airport. At least six people have been […]
Read more »Nickel, Riots and the Fight for New Caledonia’s Clean Energy
May 20th, 2024
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, a report on France’s plan to lift restrictions on exports of New Caledonia’s nickel to supply clean-energy manufacturing, which is drawing condemnation from indigenous leaders: Before riots swept New Caledonia last week, President Emmanuel Macron aimed to put the remote territory—and its massive reserves of nickel—at the center of France’s push to secure […]
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