She also directed a ban on open-pit mining, which led to the closure of more than half of the country's operating mines that used this method. This unforgiving stance affected the biggest mining companies in the country, including Nickel Asia Corp., the largest nickel producer in the country and the biggest
Subiaco, WA / December 28, 2017 / JMN Wire / MetalsTech (ASX: MTC) (MTC or the Company) is pleased to provide shareholders with the following update on the proposed listing of its subsidiary iCobalt Limited (iCobalt) via a $4.5m Initial Public Offer, with a Priority Offer to eligible MTC shareholders. Subject to MTC
Polymetallic (manganese) nodules - 2-15cm in diameter- can be found some 4-6km deep, and could provide a source of copper, nickel, cobalt and manganese, as well as rare earth elements. Mining them, and others, requires a combination of remotely-operated or autonomous underwater vehicles,
While Lopez's dismissal removed a major uncertainty for nickel ore supply in the short term, the impact of the policies she had put in place during her 11 months at the helm of the DENR continued to affect the market. During her tenure, Lopez had ordered the closure of 22 and suspension of five mining
The Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has thrown out the Obama-era denial of Twin Metals copper-nickel leases, which opens up the possibility of hard-rock mining on the borders of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota. In an opinion posted
SNOLAB, Canada's deep underground astroparticle physics laboratory, is in an active, working nickel mine over two kilometers underground. There is a rich history of particle physics experiments operating in mines, beginning in the 1960s. Compared to experiments hosted in shuttered mines, working in
The mining industry will need to more than double existing mine supply. This is a big ask for a metal that is very capital intensive. The lead time for a nickel mine is six to eight years and usually has a lot of technical challenges. The preferred source for nickel is high-grade nickel-sulfide deposits, and they
The Trump administration moved Friday to renew leases for a copper and nickel mining operation on the border of Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, reversing a decision made in the final weeks of Barack Obama's tenure in office. The action, made public in an Interior Department legal
7 that it has acquired the former Golden Rose gold mine at Emerald Lake, an 85-kilometre drive north from Sturgeon Falls. The company said it received approval in early December from the shareholders of Northern Nickel Mining to acquire all of the shares of Northern Nickel. With the transaction comes
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile ?s Antofagasta Plc will push ahead with permitting for a copper-nickel mine in the U.S. state of Minnesota after the Trump
ST. PAUL, Minn. - President Donald Trump's administration has resurrected an effort to build a proposed copper-nickel mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area in northeastern Minnesota. In an opinion published Friday, a top attorney at the U.S. Interior Department concluded that the
Pune, India, 22nd December 2017: WiseGuyReports announced addition of new report, titled "Global Nickel Mining to 2020".
Horizonte Minerals plc is an AIM and TSX-listed nickel development company focused in Brazil, which wholly owns the advanced Araguaia nickel laterite project located to the south of the Caraj??s mineral district of northern Brazil. The Company is developing Araguaia as the next major nickel mine in Brazil,
Fitzroy, Victoria / December 21, 2017 / JMN Wire / Golden Mile Resources (ASX: G88) ("Golden Mile" or "Company") is pleased to announce that the exploration and development program over the Quicksilver nickel-cobalt discovery continues. The exploration team have continued a high tempo of work over the discovery
The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines announced that it will adopt the "Towards Sustainable Mining" initiative, a set of directives developed by the Mining
St George Mining Ltd (ASX:SGQ) has drilled two additional holes at the Stricklands Prospect within its Mt Alexander Project in Western Australia, with both the holes intersecting nickel-copper sulphides. The Mt Alexander Project is located 120 kilometres southwest of the Agnew-Wiluna belt, which hosts
That smelter is part of the Kola Mining and Metallurgy Company, a subsidiary of Norilsk Nickel, which has been a near constant source of pollution and worry for northern Norway and other Scandinavian countries. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Oslo has struggled with Moscow over harrowing emissions
The proceeds of the share placement will be used to underpin exploration of the high grade Kurnalpi nickel-cobalt prospect (located 70 kilometres east of Kalgoorlie, WA) and provide for working capital. EM geophysics will commence in late January with drilling to follow to test an area of strong nickel-cobalt intersected in
PolyMet Mining Corp. would have to put up roughly $1 billion dollars halfway through the life of its proposed copper-nickel mine in northern Minnesota to protect state taxpayers from environmental risks - with more than half the funds dedicated to a trust fund for water treatment that would be required long
Horizonte CEO Jeremy Martin said, "I am delighted to announce the acquisition of Vermelho which transforms Horizonte into a multi-asset company bringing together two large, advanced nickel assets located in an established mining region in the Para State northern, Brazil. The Vermelho project also