July 31, 2008

Sandvik DPi success at Talvivaara

The first of Sandvik’s new, revolutionary surface top hammer drill rig series are working at the first customer sites, one of which […]

July 24, 2008

BioteQ Commences Water Treatment Operations at Raglan and Expands Commercial Contract with Xstrata Nickel

BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc., has announced that it has commenced water treatment operations for the 2008 season at its Raglan plant, located […]

June 20, 2008

Minara runs nickel mine at two-thirds capacity

Minara Resources Ltd , said on Wednesday it was running its nickel operations at two-thirds of full production levels due to a […]

June 19, 2008

Minara runs nickel mine at two-thirds capacity

Minara Resources Ltd , said on Wednesday it was running its nickel operations at two-thirds of full production levels due to a […]

June 13, 2008

BHP hopes to export more nickel concentrate

BHP Billiton Ltd hopes to export more nickel concentrates to other processing plants over the next four months while its Australian nickel […]

June 12, 2008

BHP to rebuild Australia nickel furnace

Global miner BHP Billiton Ltd said on Thursday it has brought forward the rebuilding of a furnace at its Kalgoorlie nickel smelter […]

June 6, 2008

Gas crisis hits WA Mining Industry with Gold and Nickel Operations badly affected

Western Australian Premier Allan Carpenter has called an urgent conference between industry, power utilities and the government for this Sunday to resolve the near-term problems that hit the State on…

June 5, 2008

NICKEL DEVELOPMENT – Long lead-time equipment ordered for Minago

MANITOBA - The board of Toronto-based VICTORY NICKEL has approved the ordering of mining equipment with long lead-t... [Full Story]

June 4, 2008

Norilsk shelves Tati Activox plan

The world's biggest nickel producer, Norilsk Nickel, has indefinitely postponed plans for a project to refine nickel using Norilsk's patented Activox technology at the Tati Nickel operation in the country,…

May 27, 2008

Rio Tinto Files Suit In Indonesia Contract Dispute

JAKARTA -(Dow Jones)- Rio Tinto Indonesia said Monday it has filed a lawsuit in Central Sulawesi administrative court to combat rival claims […]