October 4, 2011

Northeast central Australia has potential as new base metals province

An area to the northeast of Alice Springs has the potential to emerge as the Northern Territory's newest nickel, copper and gold province, according to an explorer active in the…

October 3, 2011

Mining companies raided in Philippines

Three mining companies in the Philippines have been raided by over 200 heavily-armed communist rebels, Forbes.com is reporting. The rebels burned heavy equipment, disarmed guards and briefly held people, according…

October 3, 2011

Mining: A great sector to play seasonal trends

The metals and mining sector offers one of the more consistent seasonal plays each year. Its period of strength is from the end of November to the end of May.…

October 3, 2011

Royal Nickel Successfully Produces High-Grade Ferronickel Product Directly from Dumont Concentrate

Testwork Indicates Potential to Utilize Alternate Processing Options to Produce High-Grade Final Product TORONTO, Oct. 3, 2011 /CNW/ - Royal Nickel Corporation ("RNC") (Toronto:RNX.TO) is pleased to announce the results…

October 3, 2011

Royal Nickel Successfully Produces High-Grade Ferronickel Product Directly from Dumont Concentrate

ROYAL NICKEL CORPORATION RSSShare Printer friendly Subscribe to Portfolio e-mail ROYAL NICKEL CORPORATION Testwork Indicates Potential to Utilize Alternate Processing Options to Produce High-Grade Final Product TORONTO, Oct. 3, 2011…

October 3, 2011

Western Australia government challenges Federal government on taxes affecting mines

WA Mines Minister, Norman Moore, told the Paydirt 2011 Australian Nickel Conference, last week that "the federal government's proposed Mineral Resource Rent Tax (M-R-R-T), and the carbon tax are challenges…

October 1, 2011

First Quantum to Start Ravensthorpe Nickel Shipments by Nov

Mining Weekly reported First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM,LON:FQM) expects to ship nickel from the Ravensthorpe mine by the end of November.

October 1, 2011

RLPC-Norilsk Nickel Seeks Up to $3.5 Billion Loan-Bankers

Reuters reported Norilsk Nickel (LON:MNOD) is in talks with banks for a loan of up to $3.5 billion to buy back shares.

September 30, 2011

PNG nickel mine ready to start dumping 200 million tonnes of waste in ocean

Despite a rancourous dispute with local landowners over compensation and infrastructure upgrades and an appeal against a Papua New Guinea High Court ruling approving the dumping, Australia's Highlands Pacific on…

September 29, 2011

Rusal completes $9.33 billion debt refinancing

As expected the proposal by Norilsk Nickel management to buy back some of the stake in it controlled by Oleg Deripaska’s RusAl has been rebuffed. 29.08, 12:39 The world’s largest…