Magma Metals drills PGEs at Thunder Bay project
Drill holes by Australian junior Magma Metals (MMB-A) have confirmed mineralization at depth on its Thunder Bay Nor…
Nickel
Kennecott gets Eagle permits
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has advised Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) subsidiary Kennecott E…
Nuinsco nickel spinout ready for vote
Management of Nuinsco Resources (NWI-T, NUIRF-O) has set a meeting of shareholders for Jan. 26 to consider a spinof…
Brilliant Sees New Nickel Zone Develop at Lanfranchi
Vancouver — Underground drilling on the newly discovered Deacon zone at Brilliant Mining’s (BMC-V) Lanfranchi mine joint venture in Western Australia’s Kambalda region has cut additional high-grade n…
Ravensthorpe to Cost US$2.2 Billion
A revision of estimated capital costs for the Ravensthorpe laterite nickel project in Western Australia now gives the project a price tag of US$2.2 billion.
Canadian Royalties drills Tootoo deep
Down-dip drilling by Canadian Royalties (CZZ-T) at the Tootoo nickel-copper prospect in Ungava, northern Quebec, ha…
Arrow options four nickel-copper properties in Atikokan
Canadian Arrow Mines (CRO-V) has signed options agreements to acquire four nickel-copper properties in northwestern…
High-grade nickel hole launches Starfire (January 02, 2007)
Vancouver – A hot drill intercept from its Langmuir nickel project near Timmins has given Starfire Minerals (SFR-V,…
Inco slows nickel production in Indonesia
Dry weather has forced Inco (N-T, N-N) to cut weekly nickel output by about 130 tonnes at its Indonesia unit becaus…
Xstrata Nickel invests $5M in CEMI
Xstrata Nickel has invested $5 million in the Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont.
Xstrata Nickel to double production by 2012
Staying alive in today’s nickel business requires big bucks, but now that Xstrata Nickel (formerly Falconbridge) has Switzerland-based Xstrata’s (XTA-L, XSRAF-O) dollars and vision behind it, the comp…
Xstrata Nickel plans to double production by 2012
Staying alive in today’s nickel business requires big bucks from mining companies, but now that Xstrata Nickel, the…