Russia’s biggest miner MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC is weighing several new projects in copper, nickel and palladium in China as sanctions make cross-border payments and shipments increasingly difficult.

Minerals exploration and development company Western Mines has secured a new funding facility to advance drilling at the Mulga Tank nickel/copper/cobalt/platinum group elements (PGE) project in Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields.

The Queensland government has granted Queensland Pacific Metals an A$8-million grant to advance its Townsville Energy Chemicals Hub (TECH) project towards investment readiness.

Australia’s IGO Ltd said on Tuesday it would record a non-cash impairment charge against its nickel exploration assets for fiscal 2024, though the move will not impact the company’s operating profit for the year.

Russian metals producer Nornickel will re-launch one of the two furnaces at its flagship Nadezhda Smelter in early August after major repairs that affected production plans, a company spokesman told Reuters on Friday.

BHP on Thursday announced the suspension of production at its Western Australian nickel operations, citing a global oversupply in the nickel market.

PT Kalimantan Ferro Industry(KFI) plans to build 18 line smelter nickel using rotary kiln electric furnace (RKEF).

Canada Nickel (TSXV: CNC) has announced an initiative to consolidate and propel its exploration properties located northeast of Timmins, Ontario, with the creation of a new subsidiary.