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Nickel
Sherritt plans to expand Cuban nickel mine
Sherritt International (TSX: S) is making plans to expand production and lengthen the life of the Moa nickel-cobalt mine in Cuba. Moa is a joint venture of Sherritt (50%) and…
BHP in talks with Wyloo over Noront takeover
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has begun talks with Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals concerning the imminent takeover of Canada’s Noront Resources (TSX-V: NOT), as part of…
Neal “the deal” Froneman is having a helluva year
Neal Froneman seems laid-back but he’s a man in a hurry. The CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater, the largest primary producer of platinum, second-largest primary producer of palladium and a top-tier gold…
Orford Mining partners with Wyloo Metals to explore West Raglan in Quebec
Well before Wyloo Metals began its fight with BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) for Noront Resources (TSXV: NOT), the Australian company signed a definitive agreement with Toronto-based junior…
Nickel, cobalt allow for cheaper, more efficient green hydrogen production
Researchers at Australia’s Curtin University have identified an electrocatalyst that, with added nickel and cobalt, makes green hydrogen from water in a cheaper and more efficient way compared to traditional…
Sibanye-Stillwater CEO outlines strategy on green energy metals
This week Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) announced the US$1 billion acquisition of the Santa Rita nickel mine and the Serrote copper mine in Brazil from London-based Appian Capital. In…
Canada Nickel drills new higher grade core at Crawford East
Canada Nickel (TSXV: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF) has discovered a high-grade core in the East zone through infill drilling at the Crawford nickel-cobalt project 40 km north of Timmins in Ontario….
JV Article: Giga Metals aims to develop Turnagain into the world’s first carbon-neutral nickel mine
Giga Metals (TSXV: GIGA; US-OTC: HNCKF) is exploring for metals critical to the lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles and energy storage technologies. The junior is advancing its 100%-owned Turnagain nickel…
Battle for Noront Resources heats up with sweetened offer from BHP
The world’s largest miner is now offering C$0.75 per share of Noront, representing a 36% premium to its previous offer, a 7% premium to the Wyloo offer and a 213% premium to Noront’s unaffected price.
FPX Nickel makes high-grade, near-surface discovery with first holes at Van target
FPX Nickel (TSXV: FPX) says it has made a significant new nickel discovery with the first two holes it drilled at the Van target at its Decar project, 90 km…
Vale halts operations at Onça Puma mine after court order
Vale reported today that it has once again halted operations at its Onça Puma nickel mine after Brazil’s state of Pará obtained a court order to reinstate the suspension of…