October 6, 2014 Open the door Nickel is present in over 3000 different alloys that are used in over 300,000 products for consumer, industrial, military, transport/aerospace, marine and architectural applications.
October 3, 2014 Ship laden with Arctic nickel on historic Northwest Passage voyage The polar class vessel is loaded with a cargo of nickel concentrate from Nunavik’s Deception Bay destined for the port of Bayuquan, northern China.
October 3, 2014 Blockade lifted at Freeport Grasberg mine in Indonesia Operations, however, won’t resume until at least Oct. 7.
October 2, 2014 Operations at Freeport Grasberg copper mine remain blocked Protesters are demanding management to review safety conditions following a fatal accident on Sept. 27.
September 30, 2014 Rio Tinto, Glencore could save $500m by joining coal businesses It would also create a a 15-kilometre long ‘‘super pit’’ from the union of Rio’s Mount Thorley Warkworth and Glencore’s Bulga open-pit mines.
September 30, 2014 Newmont ships first copper from Indonesia in eight months 30,000 tonnes of copper concentrate were sent out Monday.
September 30, 2014 London Metal Exchange raises fees by a third This is the first fee hike since Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. acquired LME for $2.2 billion in 2012.
September 25, 2014 INFOGRAPHIC: A year’s extraction of metal shown next to landmarks and cities For thousands of years of development as a species, humans never really needed to understand the real meaning behind big, unreachable numbers such as billions or trillions.
September 25, 2014 Nickel price tipped to average $20,000t in 2015 as sector prepares for more buoyant annual gathering An average nickel price of US$20,000 per tonne has been forecast for Australian nickel producers in 2015 – but the sector has been urged to keep its grass roots focus…
September 24, 2014 BHP to go ahead with London-listing of demerged $15bn firm New company would still have its primary listing in Australia, with secondary listings in South Africa and the UK.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
