The Ontario government says a now-bankrupt mining company has been fined $1.3 million in connection with the deaths of two workers in 2014. The Ministry of Labour says First Nickel Inc., was convicted of six charges under the province's Occupational Health and Safety Act and mining regulations, after
The Ontario government says a now-bankrupt mining company has been fined $1.3 million in connection with the deaths of two workers in 2014. The Ministry of Labour says First Nickel Inc., was convicted of six charges under the province's Occupational Health and Safety Act and mining regulations, after
The Dumont Project is a nickel sulphide project making it ideal for producing nickel and cobalt material feed to be sold directly into the battery industry. Only 50% of the world's nickel mine supply is suitable for battery manufacturing. The Dumont Project is the second largest nickel reserve and the largest
Following a trial, the company was fined $1.3 million by JudgeDavid Stone in Sudbury court; Crown Counsel David McCaskill. The court also imposed a 25-per-cent victim fine surcharge as required by the Provincial Offences Act. The surcharge is credited to a special provincial government fund to assist
Former Sudbury mining company First Nickel has been sentenced to pay a landmark fine of $1.3 million following the deaths of two workers at Lockerby mine - but it seems unlikely that will ever be paid. First Nickel was found guilty of six charges under Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act on
In the Fraser Institute's annual Survey of Mining Companies, which is being released today, Manitoba fell from second place among 104 jurisdictions last year to 18th place among 91 this year. The survey asks industry players for their views on all sorts of policies from taxation, various types of regulations,
Defunct First Nickel Inc. was fined $1.3 million by Justice David Stone in a Sudbury courtroom on Feb. 20 stemming from the May 2014 deaths of a pair of miners who were working at Lockerby Mine. The ruling of six guilty counts by Stone prompted Crown counsel David McCaskill to seek fines totalling $1.5
Earlier this month, Sienna significantly increased its acreage on its Sl??ttberg Cobalt-Nickel-Copper Project. The Sl??ttberg Cobalt-Nickel-Copper Project now consists of 3 exploration licenses covering 12,733 acres and at least 16 historic mines, with 1 being the historic M??rtanberg copper mine, which was operated in the
Tartisan Resources Corp. Engages Consulting Engineers for Kenbridge Preliminary Data Review and Nickel-Copper-Cobalt Resource Confirmation
Earlier this month, Sienna significantly increased its acreage on its Sl??ttberg Cobalt-Nickel-Copper Project. The Sl??ttberg Cobalt-Nickel-Copper Project now consists of 3 exploration licenses covering 12,733 acres and at least 16 historic mines, with 1 being the historic M??rtanberg copper mine, which was operated in the
Thomas Boehlert, the former CEO of defunct mining company First Nickel, addresses media shortly after the 2014 deaths of Marc Methe and Norm
The Hudson Bay Mine was a high-grade silver mine with cobalt produced as a by-product. These early drill results confirm the presence of high cobalt, low silver veins in the area. We are excited to continue our drilling in the Cobalt Camp for both high-grade cobalt and silver." To date, the Company has
It no longer exists, but the company that owned and operated Lockerby Mine has been fined a record $1.3 million for the deaths two miners in May 2014. However, the widow of one of the miners said the financial penalty was meaningless, since First Nickel Inc. went out of business in 2016. "It's a joke,"
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Australian Mines has entered an agreement with South Korean energy and telecommunications giant SK Innovation to sell nickel, cobalt and scandium produced at Queensland's Sconi mine. SK, which turns over $122bn overall and $35bn in the field of battery manufacturing, will buy all 12,000 tonnes per
"As such, we have modified the scope of the BFS to align with SK Innovation's requirements for 12,000 tonnes of cobalt sulphate and 60,000 tonnes of nickel sulphate per year. This work, which will commence immediately, will include a modified mining pit shell and production schedule that optimises the
Legend Mining Limited (ASX:LEG) is about to start drilling for nickel, copper and cobalt mineralisation in Area D of its Rockford project in the Fraser Range of Western Australia. The 100-hole aircore program for circa 8,000 metres will follow-up highly anomalous nickel-copper results obtained in two aircore
Emerging mega trends, such as the increase in demand for copper, nickel, lithium, and cobalt tied to expected increases in production of electric vehicles, is also driving some of the current price momentum. Reduced investment in mined production over the past few years has led to a potential deficit in
Mining is a contentious issue in the Philippines, which has vast but largely undeveloped mineral wealth, because of environmental mismanagement by some miners. The sector accounts for just less than 1 percent of the overall domestic economic output, with only 3 percent of the 9 million hectares
The company, which owns the Voisey's Bay nickel mine and concentrator in the Canadian province of Labrador, announced in August it was taking a second look at its plans to extend the operation underground. The roughly $2-billion project was sanctioned in 2015, and was scheduled to begin production