"Large-scale nickel cobalt deposits such as the Flemington project represent important, undeveloped sources of cobalt and nickel. With ongoing geopolitical uncertainty in the DRC, which accounts for approximately 65% of current global mined cobalt output, this Australian project provides development
This process offers clear potential for Dumont, as one of the few large nickel and cobalt projects outside these countries, to provide supply to the EV market without having to utilize the processing facilities controlled by the existing nickel majors or processing facilities in China. The location of Dumont in the excellent mining
GABORONE, April 11 (Reuters) - Botswana's High Court has taken Tati Nickel Mine out of provisional liquidation, dismissing a request for more time to negotiate with potential buyers, the liquidator said on Wednesday. Tati - a subsidiary of the liquidated BCL mine group - has since October 2016 been
By next year, Vale's Manitoba operations will have only 850 full-time employees. And further cuts are expected to reduce that number to approximately 600. Mining will continue at the underground Thompson mine. The Birchtree mine was closed in May 2017. Information about Vale's operations in Canada
Evolution Mining has reached an agreement with Orion Minerals to acquire the Connors Arc exploration project for a sum of A$2.5m ($1.87m). The company has also agreed to pay a 2% net smelter return royalty on gold produced from the project, subject to a maximum of A$5m ($3.75m). Evolution Mining
Major miner Vale (NYSE:VALE) hopes to find a partner for the VNC nickel mine in New Caledonia by the end of 2018, company executives said in a conference call on Thursday (April 26). They said the company is not sure if it will continue nickel operations in the French territory if it has no success finding
The mining industry isn't delivering enough oomph when it comes to minerals key to the production of electric vehicle batteries, according to Moody's Investors Service. Metals like nickel are vital for the lithium-ion batteries used to power electric cars - but the base metal, and others like copper and cobalt,
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The U.S. Interior Department said Wednesday it has reinstated the mineral rights leases for a company that wants to build a copper-nickel mine near Ely in northeastern Minnesota, reversing a decision to deny the renewals that was made in the closing weeks of the Obama
Bullish sentiment was also boosted after production slumped 18% at Brazil's Vale, world number two producer. Year to date nickel is the top performing major metal enjoying a 21% rise. Measured from the bottom of the mining cycle early 2016 nickel has nearly doubled in price. Norilsk is said to be in early
Based on mining a potential 73-million tonnes of ore, containing 400 000 t of metallurgically recovered nickel, the life-of-mine C1 cash cost for nickel will range from $2.61/lb to $2.77/lb, depending on which production option - an owner-built and operated low-grade matte facility or a contract toll smelting
MiningMinnesota has released survey results that show public support in Minnesota for copper-nickel mining and support for allowing projects to be proposed and follow a rigorous environmental review process. Statewide, voters favor building new copper-nickel mines in Northeast Minnesota (44 percent),
Legend Mining Ltd (ASX:LEG) has received assays from 32 aircore holes from Area D within its Rockford Project in the Fraser Range region of Western Australia. Infill aircore drilling has confirmed over 300 metres of host rock featuring anomalous nickel-copper-cobalt. Best results include 37 metres at
The company currently has 20-year production rights through to 2035 over a 36 km2 area at Kun-Manie, where it's entitled to recover 100 percent of the nickel, copper, cobalt, platinum, gold and silver it mines. While the estimates show the mine could operate for a little over 12 years at 6 million tonnes of
Still, there are changes afoot: On Monday, Toronto-based Millbrook Minerals Inc. announced an agreement to explore for gold, silver and other metals in Cuba with a state-owned mining company. It called it "the first such agreement of its kind," because it is unrelated to nickel. To understand how Sherritt
In 2017, the Philippines was the largest nickel supplier to resource-hungry China, but was overtaken in 2018 by Indonesia. On Tuesday, Nickel Asia was down 5.29 percent on the Philippine Stock Exchange following the news. Mining companies have also been directed to reforest any areas affected by
As a result of the ban, Indonesia surpassed the Philippines as the world's largest nickel producer. A new report by BMI Research predicts Indonesia will continue as the world leader while nickel mining production in the Philippines "is expected to remain subdued in 2018 as policy uncertainty continues to
"A combination of surging China imports, tighter supplies and fund interest are expected to sustain prices of stainless steel ingredient nickel, which
Hawthorn, Victoria / March 13, 2018 / JMN Wire / Jervois Mining Limited's (ASX: JRV) ("Jervois" or "the Company") is pleased to provide an interim update on its PFS team composition for its 100% owned Nico Young Cobalt-Nickel project in New South Wales, Australia ("Nico Young" or "the Project"). MiningPlus (Mr Stuart
Cachon said it's also not unusual for the two companies to pursue new projects around the same time, noting Vale's Totten Mine and Glencore's Nickel Rim South went forward in near lockstep. Neither of the new projects took shape overnight, he added. "Both Onaping Depth and Copper Cliff Deep were in
We expect production growth in Indonesia to remain sustained in 2018 as the nickel mining industry continues to recover. As such, we forecast output in the country to reach 480kt in 2018 up from 400kt in 2017, a 20% y-o-y rise," the study states. Throughout the period 2018-2027, BMI sees Indonesia's