Nickel

A box cut under development at Sirius Resources' Nova nickel-copper-cobalt project in Western Australia. Credit: Sirius Resources

Sirius pushes Nova towards production in Australia

VANCOUVER — It’s been two and a half years since Mark Bennett, managing director and CEO of Australian-explorer Sirius Resources (ASX: SIR; US-OTC: SRQUF), struggled to keep his 5¢-per-share company above water.



TSX retreats, April 13-17

Canada’s benchmark index fell on renewed concern over Greece’s debt and China’s new trading regulations. The S&P/TSX Composite Index slipped 28 points, or 0.2%, to 15,360.55, while the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals…


At the Mineral Deposit Research Unit's 25th anniversary celebration in Vancouver earlier this month. From left: John Thompson, past director; Craig Hart, current director; Al Sinclair, former dean of earth and ocean sciences at UBC; Ian Thomson, past director; Dick Tosdal, past director; John McDonald, co-founder; and Peter Bradshaw, co-founder. Photo by Lesley Stokes.

UBC’s MDRU celebrates 25th anniversary

VANCOUVER — The Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) held its 25th anniversary celebration in early April at the Vancouver Convention Centre, where Peter Bradshaw, cofounder and Canadian Mining…






Drillers working at Wellgreen Platinum's namesake PGM-nickel project the southern Yukon. Credit: Wellgreen Platinum

Wellgreen Platinum scales down PGM project

Wellgreen Platinum (TSX: WG; US-OTC: WGPLF) has delivered an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Wellgreen platinum group metals and nickel deposit, in the southern Yukon, that cuts capital costs and the project’s mine…


Westcore Drilling's Hector Hewlin plies his trade at North American Nickel's Maniitsoq polymetallic project in southwestern Greenland. Credit: North American Nickel

North American Nickel gears up for work at Maniitsoq

VANCOUVER — North American Nickel (TSX-V: NAN; US-OTC: WSCRF) is making headway advancing its Maniitsoq nickel-copper-cobalt-platinum group metals property on the coast of southwestern Greenland, 85 km north of the capital Nuuk.



The head frame at First Nickel's Lockerby nickel-copper mine in Sudbury, Ontario. Credit: First Nickel

First Nickel slashes jobs at Lockerby mine

First Nickel (TSX: FNI; US-OTC: FNKLF) is cutting 109 jobs at its Lockerby nickel-copper mine in Ontario’s Sudbury basin, as part of a restructuring plan to lower costs, resume exploration and extend the mine’s life. 


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