CaNickel cuts back operations
CaNickel Mining (CML-T) is scaling back operations at its Bucko Lake mine near Wabowden in Manitoba due to “unfavourable” nickel prices, the company has announced.
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First Point’s Decar starts to take shape
Vancouver – First Point Minerals (FPX-V) has released assays from the first 9 of 36 holes from the 2011 drill program at its flagship Decar nickel-iron alloy project in central British Columbia. Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N) managed the…
Xstrata to expand Canadian footprint through organic growth
London, U.K. – After a decade of expansion through M&A, diversified Swiss miner Xstrata (XTA-L) is turning to organic growth to provide its next generation of mines and to increase production through the expansion of others.
First Point stakes new nickel prospects
Nickel-iron alloy explorer First Point Minerals (FPX-V) has discovered promising showings of awaruite mineralization in Australia and the Yukon. The company has staked large land packages surrounding the showings and will look to drill both…
First Point stakes new awaruite prospects in Australia, Yukon
Vancouver – Nickel-iron alloy explorer First Point Minerals (FPX-V) has discovered promising showings of awaruite mineralization in Australia and the Yukon. The company has staked large land packages surrounding the showings and will look to…
Xstrata funds Raglan expansion
Raglan at Quebec’s northern limit in Nunavik is one of the world’s highest grading nickel mines. In August, Xstrata Nickel, one of Xstrata’s (XTA-L) global business units, approved a US$530-million extension project at that will develop the…
Xstrata funds Raglan extension project
The Raglan mine at the extreme limit of northern Quebec in Nunavik is one of the richest base metal mines in the world. In August, Xstrata Nickel, one of Xstrata’s (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) global commodity businesses, approved a US$530 million…
Royal Nickel unveils Dumont prefeasibility
Royal Nickel (RNX-T) is targeting first production at its Dumont nickel project in western Quebec by the end of 2015 and once in full production expects it to be among the top five sulfide nickel assets in the world based on yearly nickel…
Hard Creek cuts capex by $1.6B at Turnagain
Metallurgical advancements have led Hard Creek Nickel (HNC-T) to release a new preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its flagship Turnagain low-grade nickel project in northwestern B.C.
Royal Nickel considers downstream options for Dumont
Preliminary test work on a 1-kg sample of concentrate from Royal Nickel’s (RNX-T) Dumont nickel project in Quebec demonstrates that there is potential to use alternate and significantly cheaper processing options to produce a high-grade…
Hard Creek’s new Turnagain PEA cuts capex by $1.6B
Vancouver – Metallurgical advancements have led Hard Creek Nickel (HNC-T) to release a new preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its flagship Turnagain nickel project in northwestern British Columbia. Despite the PEA being the company’s…
Pacific North shares stay flat on assays, financing news
Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T) posted more assays from its ongoing $5-million drill program at its River Valley platinum-group metals (PGM) project in Sudbury, Ont.