Dominican Today reported that the Dominican Republic's bishops are in favor of a recent Environment Ministry decision that bans Xstrata Nickel's Falcondo ferronickel surface operation from mining at Loma Miranda.
Mining Weekly reported Royal Nickel Corp (TSXV:RNX) said it had produced high-grade ferronickel using a lab scale sample of concentrate.
Royal Nickel Corporation (TSX:RNX) announced the results of preliminary testwork concentrate from its Dumont nickel project.
Bloomberg reports Larco SA forecast higher sales and profit in 2011 amid greater international demand for the metal and higher prices.
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News Nickel’s plummet from all time highs may actually work out in the end to benefit the metal. The hunt for effective substitutes for nickel in making stainless steel may have slowed down after nickel prices tumbled around 80 per cent in less than two years. While [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News As last week came to a close, Nickel futures took their biggest weekly fall in almost four years. On India’s Multi Commodity Exchange, MCX, the benchmark September expiry contract nickel for delivery in three months plummeted by Rs 73 to Rs 742 a kg, compared to [...]
Fujian Desheng plans to start production in 2009 at its proposed ferronickel plant in China. The company recently succeeded in raising CNY 800 million from Fujian Branch of Bank of China for this project. For full story, click here
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