New resource for Brilliant at Lanfranchi
Vancouver – A new estimate has boosted the nickel resource at the Lanfranchi mine in Western Australia for joint ve…
Nickel
Mirabela Adds To Santa Rita Resource
Mirabela Nickel (MNB-T, MBN-A) likes to describe its Santa Rita project in Brazil as the world’s largest greenfield nickel sulphide discovery in the last 12 years.
Strongbow has high hopes for Nickel King
In September Strongbow Exploration (SBW-V) received assay results for the final 14 holes of its 2008 drill program …
Continental Nickel’s Tanzanian results
Nickel may be trading at just US$5.96 per lb. but that isn’t slowing down Continental Nickel (CNI-V) at its N…
Commodity prices to bottom in 2009: banks
While TD Bank sees the commodities market starting to rebound in the second half of 2009, followed by more pronounc…
PolyMet draws on debt to feed NorthMet
In tight credit markets it’s good to have deep pockets in your corner.
Mirabela reports maiden underground resource for Santa Rita
Mirabela Nickel (MNB-T, MBN-A) likes to describe its Santa Rita project in Brazil as the world’s largest greenfield…
Vale Scales Back
As the world economy continues to unravel, Vale (RIO-N) is closing its Copper Cliff South nickel mine in Sudbury, Ont., suspending its Voisey’s Bay nickel operations in Labrador for a month next July,…
Editorial: Nickel Cuts Hit Home
The steep fall in nickel prices since July finally translated into production cuts by the majors in Canada’s nickel camps during the week ended Dec. 6, the 49th trading week of 2008.
FNX stops Sudbury nickel production indefinitely
FNX Mining (FNX-T) is halting nickel production at its Levack mine and adjoining McCreedy West mine in Sudbury, Ont…
Vale shuts down nickel mine in Sudbury
As the world economy continues to unravel, Vale (RIO-n) is suspending its Copper Cliff South mine in Sudbury, shutt…
Arctic Star Diamond Pushes Ahead With Nickel Discovery
When junior explorer Arctic Star Diamond (ADD-v) acquired its Credit Lake property — “within sight of Canada’s greatest diamond mines” in the Northwest Territories four years ago–it didn’t expect to…