Sherritt sells all its coal mines to Westmoreland, Altius
Sherritt International (TSX: S) is firming up its balance sheet and putting itself in a position to take advantage of perceived low prices for non-coal mining assets.
Nickel
Commentary: Nickel market may be missing the bigger picture, Roskill says
With 2014 approaching, the nickel market is looking to Indonesia. At the beginning of December, the Indonesian government signalled that it would implement a ban on unprocessed mineral ores. In an edited press release, London-based Roskill…
BHP closes nickel mine as prices rise
At a time when investors are getting more bullish about nickel prices BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP; LON: BLT; ASX: BHP) has decided to close one of its key nickel mines in Australia.
Vale commissions hydromet nickel plant at Long Harbour
VANCOUVER — Twenty years after Diamond Fields Resources discovered nickel in at Voisey’s Bay in Labrador and eight years after Vale (NYSE: VALE) predecessor Inco started mining, work is now wrapping up on a state-of-the-art…
Indonesia hangs tough on raw mineral export ban, nickel prices perk up
Despite hopes by miners in Indonesia that the national government would soften its stance, the government nevertheless plans to push ahead with a full-blown ban of all raw mineral-ore exports starting early next year.
Prophecy Platinum reports a half-mile of mineralization
Picture seven football fields in a row of continuous mineralization, and that’s the width of platinum group metal (PGM) mineralization intercepted in a single drill hole at Prophecy Platinum’s (TSXV: NKL; US-OTC: PNIKF) Wellgreen…
Poseidon hopes to restart Mt. Windarra in 2014
Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest stepped down in September as non-executive chairman of Poseidon Nickel (ASX: POS) to focus on his philanthropic endeavours, but his resignation didn’t signal any underlying loss of confidence in…
Typhoon Haiyan: The relief after the storm
Typhoon Haiyan swept across the Philippines on Nov. 8, killing nearly 4,000 people, with thousands more missing and feared dead.
‘Unprecedented’ hit at Flatreef PGM deposit
A 90-metre intersection of 4.51 grams per tonne of platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold — plus 0.37% nickel and 0.20% copper — at Ivanhoe Mines’ (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) Flatreef deposit in South Africa has reignited talk of…
Mirabela and Votorantim face off
Mirabela Nickel (TSX: MNB; ASX: MBN) has run into trouble with one of its two customers, sending its shares plunging.
October the time to buy base-metal stocks: Ray Goldie
Stock markets are realizing that they have been underpricing base-metal equities, Salman Partners senior mining analyst Raymond Goldie says, and investors should “wait two months, then start taking advantage of this trend.”
Positive economics for Mindoro’s Agata nickel laterite project
Mindoro Resources (TSXV: MIO; ASX: MDO) and TVI Pacific (TSX: TVI; US-OTC: TVIPF) have something to smile about, as a feasibility study on their Agata nickel laterite project in the Philippines has returned encouraging results for a high-iron…