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.
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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…
Guarded optimism for miners in prospective Philippines
Although it’s the fifth most mineralized country in the world, the Philippines’ mining industry is extremely underdeveloped — a result of years of ongoing policy issues, political turmoil and opposit…
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 …
Xstrata starts phase one for new Sudbury mine
Xstrata (XTA-L, XSRAF-O) will invest $18 million by March 2007 on the first phase of development of its Fraser Morg…
Ravensthorpe to cost US$2.2 billion
A revision of estimated capital costs for the Ravensthorpe laterite nickel project in Western Australia now gives t…
Starfield advances Ferguson Lake (November 27, 2006)
Vancouver — In wrapping up its 2006 drilling program at the Ferguson Lake copper-nickel-platinum group metals project located 240 km west of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Starfield Resources (SRU-V, SRFDF-O…
Canadian Royalties expands Ivakkak (November 27, 2006)
Drilling this past field season by Canadian Royalties (CZZ-T, CRYAF-O) at the Ivakkak deposit on the Ungava peninsula of northern Quebec has indicated a longer and deeper mineralized zone.
Australia’s Western Areas backs Mustang at Maskwa (November 27, 2006)
Perth, Australia-based nickel miner Western Areas (WSA-T, WSA-A) is investing up to $5 million in Mustang Minerals (MUM-V, MSMGF-O), enough money to allow the Toronto-based junior to complete a feasib…
International Nickel Ventures up on new inferred resource
International Nickel Ventures (INV-V) and Teck Cominco (TCK.A-T) have released a new inferred resource estimate for…
Skye falls on $80 million offering news
Vancouver – News that Skye Resources (SKR-T) is planning to kickstart development of its Fenix nickel project in Gu…