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
According to the resolution, the goal is to protect citizens, and natural resources along the watershed from "irreparable damage now, or in the future." It calls for a 20-year moratorium on the permitting, construction, and operation of any copper nickel mine in the Saint Louis River watershed, until it can be
The move signals the return of a four-year conflict between Potanin and Deripaska over who should control Norilsk Nickel, a $33-billion mining giant. The dispute ended in 2012 after Russian President Vladimir Putin intervened to broker an agreement. The deal involved a group led by Abramovich taking a
Earlier this week 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 late
Oleg Deripaska, one of the top shareholders of MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC, wants to stop Roman Abramovich from selling a stake in the company that may be worth
It has similar characteristics to the nearby high-grade nickel-copper-cobalt sulphide deposit within the major historic Lynn Lake Mining Centre. Drilling commenced on Wednesday and 90 metres have been drilled in the first hole, expected to be over 600 metres in length. Sulphide mineralisation has been
NICKEL-MINING companies belonging to the Philippine Nickel Industry Association Inc. (PNIA) have joined relief efforts for people affected by the eruption of Mayon Volcano in the province of Albay. The PNIA was joined by the Land Rover Club of the Philippines, Anseca Development Corp., MRMJ Earth
The improvements at its copper and tin operations are coinciding with an uptick in commodity prices and the surge in cobalt has prompted a fresh look at its Wingellina project, which remains one of the world's largest undeveloped nickel-cobalt-scandium assets. Its tin business is going from strength to
ONTARIO - First Cobalt Corp. of Toronto has confirmed the presence of high grade cobalt-nickel mineralization at the historic Bellellen mine at the former
The program was intended to confirm the presence of cobalt-nickel mineralization away from historic mining and to identify the distribution of both vein-style and disseminated-style mineralization previously sampled from underground material. Drill holes targeted the north-south trending Bellellen Vein and
The company, an affiliate of Samsung Electronics, has already started tweaking the recipe for its electric vehicles (EV) batteries and says is ready to produce one with nickel content above 90%, but that is only 5% cobalt, The Korea Times reported. Cobalt prices went ballistic last year, with the metal quoted
Vancouver-based MGX Minerals (CSE: XMG) is known for its unconventional mining methods aimed at recovering lithium, nickel, vanadium, and cobalt mostly from waste material from different extractive industries. Without changing the way it operates, the Canadian miner now wants to set foot in the
Emgold Mining's last news came on January 23, when it received conditional TSXV approval to acquire a 51-percent interest in the Golden Arrow property from Nevada Sunrise Gold (TSXV:NEV). The deal is conditional on Emgold's ability to raise the funds to close the transaction. The company plans to
Nickel, where EVs hardly registers on the demand side compared to steelmaking, have also been swept up by the positive sentiment and last year prices jumped by 25%. "The aim is to secure the supply all the way down to the level of the mine, for 10 years. The contracts are ready to be signed." On Friday
The Guldgruvan nr 101 license contains the historic Los Cobalt Mine, one of the better known historic cobalt producers in the region, and is also the region where nickel was first discovered and recognized as an element in 17511. Cobalt, copper, and nickel were mined on the property in the 1600's to
The Company's key gold project, Knaften, is situated at the southern extension of the "Gold Line" which hosts a number of gold deposits including Faboliden and Svartliden (Dragon Mining), and Barsele (Agnico Eagle and Barsele Minerals). The Company also has permits covering two nickel deposits in
February 8, 2018) - Hi Ho Silver Resources Inc. (CSE: HHS) (OTC: HHSRF) has expanded by 888 Ha, its NIK property prospective for both nickel-cobalt-platinum and copper-molybdenum, Omineca mining district, British Columbia, Canada. The NIK holdings have been extended south and southeast to
Noront Resources estimates the region is still at least a decade away from seeing chromite come out of ground in the Ring of Fire. But Noront president and CEO Alan Coutts told members of Sudbury's Chamber of Commerce the company hopes to soon be mining nickel from its Eagle's Nest site. And that
Norwood, South Australia / February 7, 2018 / JMN Wire / Mithril Resources Ltd (ASX: MTH) is pleased to advise that an electromagnetic (EM) geophysical survey at its 100%-owned Kurnalpi Nickel-Cobalt Prospect (located on EL28/2567 approximately 70 kms east of Kalgoorlie, WA - Figure 1) has identified multiple