November 19, 2018 Vale told to pay $26.8m in damages to indigenous tribes The company's Onça Puma nickel mines blamed for contaminating the Catete river, which prosecutors said had a "severe" impact on the Xikrin and Kayapo tribes.
November 16, 2018 Volkswagen to spend $50 billion on electric car ‘offensive’ German automaker is also considering involvement in battery production.
November 16, 2018 Philippines to allow some halted mines to resume operations with conditions The nine mines, six of which are nickel operations, have been shut since 2017 as part of an environmental crackdown on the sector.
November 14, 2018 Miners’ spending on hunt for copper, EV metals hits $10 billion Budgets jumped about 19%, outpacing last year’s gain.
November 13, 2018 Talon Metals tables PEA at Tamarack North Tamarack North nickel-copper-cobalt project in Minnesota is expected to produce 23.3 million lb. nickel and 11.1 million lb. copper per year over a 7 year mine life.
November 12, 2018 RSC Mining and Mineral Exploration partners with Terra Modelling The agreement provides a considerable combined offering to the mineral exploration and mining market.
November 12, 2018 Sherritt International sees jump in nickel production and profit The numbers are up thanks to the success of the company’s Moa JV with the Cuban Government.
November 8, 2018 Japan’s Sumitomo Metal cuts FY profit forecast on lower metal prices Sumitomo Metal cut its full-year forecast, blaming lower-than-expected metal prices amid the U.S.-Sino trade spat, and reduced nickel output.
November 6, 2018 Canadian miners’ performance in Q3 hit by lower metal prices EY’s Canadian Mining Eye index — which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior mining companies — dropped 12 percent in the…
November 6, 2018 China Minmetals signs 20m tonnes iron ore purchase agreement with Brazil’s Vale The state-owned metals and mineral trading firm also signed a 2,400 tonne nickel briquette purchase agreement with Japan's Sumitomo Corp.
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