Mining Weekly reported First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM,LON:FQM) expects to ship nickel from the Ravensthorpe mine by the end of November.
Continue reading "First Quantum to Start Ravensthorpe Nickel Shipments by Nov"
Saturday, August 15, 2009
BHP Billiton, the world’s leading miner, has reportedly hired Bank of America-Merrill Lynch to auction its Ravensthorpe nickel operation for up to $1bn. The company mothballed the site in January following a $2.1bn investment. For full story, click here
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Global miner BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc has asked for as much as $793 million for its idled Ravensthorpe nickel mine in western Australia. For full story, click here
Continue reading "BHP Billiton has sought $1 bln for Nickel Mine"
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Global miner BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc is asking for as much as A$1 billion for its idled Ravensthorpe nickel mine in western Australia. For full story, click here
Continue reading "BHP Billiton has sought $1 bln for Nickel Mine"
Friday, June 26, 2009
BHP Billiton has expected to sell the Yabulu refinery near Townsville in Western Australia, where concentrate from the $2.2-billion Ravensthorpe operations was processed until January this year. For full story, click here
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News Under the weight of high inventories, nickel is anticipated to be one of the slowest industrial metals to rebound. LME stocks of nickel are at their highest since around mid-1995. The world refined nickel market was in surplus by 42,900 metric tonnes in January-November of 2008, [...]
Continue reading "Growing inventories weigh on nickel"
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
The Shire of Ravensthorpe has dismissed speculation BHP’s local nickel mine may be mothballed, saying it has been reassured by the company that the operation will continue. For full story, click here
Continue reading "Ravensthorpe plays down nickel mine closure fears"
Thursday, November 27, 2008
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News The global economic slowdown has impacted the stainless steel market, which has in turn curbed demand for nickel. Now, nickel market participants are struggling to stay afloat. The price of nickel used in stainless steel has slumped more than 60 per cent this year, and many [...]
Continue reading "Nickel miners scale back"
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News The price of nickel used in stainless steel has slumped more than 60 per cent from the beginning of this year and some mining companies have been forced to cut back output or delay projects as prices have fallen below the marginal cost of production. Nickel [...]
Continue reading "Miners adjust operations to cope with low nickel prices"
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
BHP Billiton Ltd said that the output of Nickel at Australia’s Ravensthorpe mine will rise to 7,000 tonnes in the January-June half year from 2,000 tonnes in 2008. BHP Chief Financial Officer Alex Vaneslow, said: Ravensthorpe needed a nickel price of between $5 and $8 a pound to be cash positive at full production. For [...]
Continue reading "Ravensthorpe nickel yield rising in next half: BHP"
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