Palmer’s Queensland Nickel Seeks Short Term Govt Guarantee

Embattled miner Queensland Nickel has requested an urgent meeting with Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and treasurer Curtis Pitt over the future of its Townsville refinery. The cry for help comes a day after mining personality Clive Palmer’s Mineralo...

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Ambatovy Mine Continues to Perform

[Ferro-Alloys.com] The Ambatovy nickel and cobalt mine, in Madagascar, in which TSX-listed Sherritt International owns a 40 percent interest, produced 4006t of of nickel and 283t of cobalt in November. Production for the month was at about 81 percent of namepl...

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Vale’s Onca Puma Ferronickel Operations Face Shut-Down Risk

The Onca Puma mine has a capacity of 62870t and the ferronickel processing facility has a capacity of 53000t, though it produces less than half of that.

Monday, December 7, 2015

A Nickel Crisis For BHP Billiton And Vale

The last thing two of the world’s biggest mining companies, BHP Billiton and Vale , need today is speculation that after the disaster at their jointly owned Samarco iron ore mine in Brazil they might also have to close big nickel-mining operations to stem a t...

Monday, December 7, 2015

America Ready to Mine in Outer Space

U.S. citizens can now legally own resources mined in space after President Barack Obama signed into law a debated bill that allows people to mine, sell and own any space material.

Friday, December 4, 2015

Talon Metals Secures Funding to Earn Stake in US Project

Mineral exploration company Talon Metals has secured $15-million in funding from private equity firm Resource Capital Fund (RCF), that will allow it to conduct further exploration at the Tamarack nickel/copper/platinum group elements project, in Minnesota, in ...

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Mincor Announces Management Succession

Nickel miner Mincor Resources has announced the succession of its MD David Moore, who will switch to a non-executive role after 16 years at the helm of the company.

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Western Areas Suffers Power Cuts in Western Australia

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Nickel miner Western Areas has lost grid power to its Forrestania operations, in Western Australia, following a regional bush fire about 35 km from the mine site.

Thursday, November 19, 2015
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