Barrick and Mali fail to reach deal, talks halted
Mali is asking for a single payment of 125 billion CFA francs ($197m), while Barrick is proposing a payment plan distributed over time.
The Brazilian miner said on Friday it will lose 5% of its total nickel production for 2011 as a result of a 16-week shut down of a smelter furnace in Canada Brazilian miner Vale said on Friday it will lose around 5 percent of its total 2011 nickel