Advertisement – This article is distributed on behalf of Aurania Resources Ltd. and Canada Nickel Company Inc., with which SRC swiss resource capital AG has paid IR consulting agreements. Producer: SRC swiss resource capital AG · Author: Ingrid Heinritzi · First published: July 9, 2026, 6:40 p.m. Zurich/Berlin
The Energy Institute has released its annual Statistical Review. The conclusion: The expansion of new energy technologies continues to advance rapidly, but global energy demand also continues to rise. Global energy consumption increased by 1.7 percent in 2025, while CO2 emissions rose by 1.1 percent. Fossil fuels still account for about 86 percent of the global energy mix. Nearly 71 percent of new electricity generation comes from renewable energy sources. Global solar power generation has risen by a remarkable 30 percent.
New electricity consumers — data centers and AI applications — have grown by 20 percent and currently account for about 2.4 percent of global electricity consumption. Many countries have already recognized how important it is to ensure a sufficient supply of the raw materials needed for the energy transition. Raw materials such as cobalt, lithium, and nickel are needed for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Copper is also in increasing demand. Whether it was the oil price shocks of the 1970s, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, or the de facto suspension of shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, all of these events have demonstrated how closely energy and geopolitics are intertwined.
The costs of wind and solar energy have fallen in recent decades, making them more competitive compared to fossil fuels. But even in the future, breakthroughs in innovation will trigger surges in demand for strategic and critical raw materials.
Aurania Resources - https://www.commodity-tv.com/ondemand/companies/profil/aurania-resources-ltd/ - focuses on precious metals and critical energy raw materials in Europe, specifically in Italy (nickel, cobalt, iron, copper, and chromium) and France. There, the company has also added three new exploration licenses (gold, polymetallic metals) through a subsidiary. The nickel-cobalt project in northern Italy is impressing with the latest drill results, which show significant nickel, cobalt, and copper values. In Iceland, Aurania Resources is involved in a gold project.
Canada Nickel Company - https://www.commodity-tv.com/ondemand/companies/profil/canada-nickel-company-inc/ - holds nickel and cobalt reserves at its Crawford project in Ontario (ranked second in the Fraser rankings). With the approval of this project, the company has reached a significant milestone in terms of environmental sustainability. According to the Canadian government, this is a project of strategic importance. A private placement has injected fresh capital into the company’s coffers. Together with GeoRedox, the company will work on the first stimulated geological hydrogen well at the project site.
Current company information and press releases from Canada Nickel Company (- https://www.resource-capital.ch/de/unternehmen/canada-nickel-company-inc/ -) and Aurania Resources (- https://www.resource-capital.ch/de/unternehmen/aurania-resources-ltd/ -).
You can also find further information in our new Battery Metals Report at the following link: https://www.resource-capital.ch/de/reports/ansicht/batteriemetall-report-2026-03/.
Sources: Aurania Resources, Canada Nickel Company,
https://www.energyinst.org/statistical-review;
https://www.resource-capital.ch/de/reports/ansicht/batteriemetall-report-2026-03/.
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