Western Areas’ great deal
Reading the daily newspaper can bring big rewards. Just ask Julian Hanna. The managing director and chief e…
Nickel
Editor’s Picks: Top stories of the week
The small club of global nickel miners was the top newsmaker during the week ended Feb. 2, 2007, with substantial d…
LionOre sees Selkirk feasibility
LionOre Mining International (LIM-T, LIM-A, LOR-L) is ready to move to a full feasibility study on the Selkirk nick…
Blackstone buys Xstrata’s Norwegian nickel projects
Vancouver — Blackstone Ventures (BLV-V, BLVKF-O) has struck a deal with Xstrata (XTA-L, XSRAF-O)subsidiary Xstrata Nickel to buy a basket of properties in the birthplace of the Norwegian nickel indus…
CVRD to spend US$477 million sprucing up Canadian assets
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) (RIO-N) will spend US$477 million this year to maintain its Canadian nickel proje…
Jubilee bumps resource at WA nickel project
A new resource figure for the Sinclair nickel deposit near Leonora, Western Australia, is significantly higher than…
Scoping study suggests Maskwa has the stuff
A preliminary economic study on the Maskwa nickel-copper deposit in eastern Manitoba says higher metal prices have …
Brilliant grows new nickel zone at Lanfranchi
Vancouver – Further wide, high-grade nickel intercepts at the recently discovered Deacon zone has Brilliant Mining …
Inco slows production in Indonesia
Dry weather has forced Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO-N) subsidiary CVRD Inco to cut weekly nickel output by about 130 tonnes at its Indonesia unit because the reservoir levels at its hydroelectric p…
Arrow options properties in Atikokan
Canadian Arrow Mines (CRO-V) has signed options agreements to acquire four nickel-copper properties in northwestern Ontario’s Atikokan area.
Norilsk CEO freed from jail
Norilsk Nickel (NILSY-O, MNOD-L) CEO Mikhail Prokhorov was released by French police in early January after being held in jail for three days for his role in a suspected prostitution ring.
High-grade nickel hole launches Starfire (January 22, 2007)
Vancouver — A hot drill intercept from its Langmuir nickel project near Timmins, Ont., gave Starfire Minerals (SFR-V, STFMF-O) a major market boost recently, as investors leapt on the junior explorer…