He was notably at the helm of the technical commissioning and production ramp-up of Glencore's Koniambo Nickel mine, in New Caledonia,
Roger Breau, left, of Taurus Drilling Services, and Thomas Boehlert, president and CEO of First Nickel Inc. hold a press conference at First Nickel's Lockerby Mine on May 6, 2014, following the death of two Taurus workers at the mine. (John Lappa/Sudbury Star file photo)
20. The ruling in the case of First Nickel and Taurus Drilling was originally scheduled for Thursday, but the judge said he needs more time to deliberate.
Q4 mined nickel production was 8.6 kt, and milled production was 7.0 kt at a mill grade of 2.64%. Mark Selby, President and CEO of RNC, commented, "I am very pleased with the continued quarter-over-quarter performance improvement in Beta Hunt mine production to record levels underpinned by
The large 29,400 Ha SVB Property is in central Labrador 80 kilometres south of Vale's Voisey's Bay Nickel mine and covers parts of the Pants Lake Gabbro Complex. The Pants Lake Complex contains host rocks with alteration and nickel mineralization styles consistent with high nickel prospectivity. This drill program tested
Blaming a long slump in metals prices, mining company KGHM on
Yes, it would help to make reality a long-proposed and even longer-debated and scrutinized PolyMet NorthMet mine. But copper-nickel mining
Podcast with Cobalt and Nickel Expert Bob Morris
Nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) and nickel-cobalt-aluminum (NCA) are the
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Highlighted by Discovery of 7.58 metres grading 1.05% Nickel, 0.31%
MGX Minerals (CSE: XMG) and Highbury Energy have partnered to prepare a detailed process to extract metals such as nickel, vanadium, and cobalt from petroleum coke. According to a press release, Highbury's experts in thermochemical gasification are assisting MGX in designing a process to generate
Final submissions in the case against First Nickel and Taurus Drilling are underway in Sudbury. The mining companies are facing a total of 12 charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Two contract workers with Taurus - Marc Methe and Norm Bisaillon - were killed in 2014, after a fall of
If you look at it objectively, it's hard not to be impressed by the deal Inco negotiators struck for the nickel mining company more than 60 years ago, the fruits of which are now being enjoyed by Vale, which bought the company that built Thompson a little over decade ago. Sure, Inco did a lot to establish the
St George Mining Ltd (ASX:SGQ) rose to prominence in November 2017 when the diversified miner struck a 17 metre interval of high grade nickel-copper sulphide mineralisation from 37.5 metres at its Mt Alexander project in Western Australia. This resulted in its shares surging from the previous day's close
More than a decade after the federal government created a "toothless" position to police Canada's oil and mining companies operating overseas, Ottawa has announced there's a new sheriff in town
Final submissions have come to a close in a court case in Sudbury involving First Nickel and Taurus Drilling. The mining companies are facing a total of 12 charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. It follows the deaths of two contract workers with Taurus in 2014. Marc Methe and Norm
Corazon Mining Ltd (ASX:CZN) has intersected near-surface and high-grade mineralisation nickel in the first two drill holes at the Lynn Lake
REGIONAL- Minnesota's Fourth District Congresswoman Betty McCollum has introduced legislation in Washington that would prohibit
US Representative for Minnesota Betty McCollum passed new legislation to permanently ban copper-nickel mining across the Boundary