Atlantic Nickel sells first nickel concentrate from Santa Rita
Santa Rita — one of the largest open-pit nickel sulphide mines in the world — has sold its first nickel concentrate since being placed on care and maintenance in 2015….
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Editorial: Top stories of 2019
The mining industry had its share of tragedy this year starting in January with the murder of Canadian geologist Kirk Woodman in Burkina Faso and Vale’s tailings dam disaster in…
BC, Yukon and NWT Snapshot: Eight players advancing assets in attractive jurisdictions
The natural endowment of British Columbia, the Yukon and Northwest Territories continues to drive mineral exploration and development. Here is a sample of eight companies active in the region. American…
Interview: Rory Johnston of Scotiabank looks to 2020
Rory Johnston is a commodity economist covering energy and metal markets in Scotiabank’s economics department. His research includes the Scotiabank Commodity Price Index (a monthly assessment of developments affecting the…
Metals Commentary: Electric car sales are tanking, but metal use spikes
The global auto industry will produce 88.8 million cars and light trucks this year in an almost 6% drop from a year ago, according to researcher IHS Markit, quoted by…
Norilsk Nickel weighs capital investment and dividend strategy
Norilsk Nickel (US-OTC: NILSY) plans to boost spending on new projects over the next decade to increase production and capitalize on the growing electric car trend, but investors may need…
Atlantic Nickel plans 2020 production at Santa Rita in Brazil
Atlantic Nickel has updated the resource estimate for its wholly owned Santa Rita nickel-copper-cobalt restart project in Bahia, Brazil. Based on a 30,785 meter infill drill program, updated open-pit measured…
Horizonte releases PFS on Vermelho
Vermelho — one of the largest and highest-grade undeveloped laterite nickel-cobalt resources in the world — will generate US$7.3 billion in total cash flow over 38 years, Horizonte Minerals (TSX:…
RNC bets Higginsville mill, mines worth cost of dilution
RNC Minerals (TSX: RNX; US-OTC: RNKLF) chairman and CEO Paul Huet is like the hockey coach who takes over mid-season because the team is underperforming. The Toronto-based company brought Huet…
Revving up Greenland’s mineral production will take time
The MV Happy Dragon had just sailed into safe harbour at Charleston, S.C., when Hurricane Dorian forced the vessel back out to sea to await better weather. The cargo ship…
Ontario to work with First Nations to unlock Ring of Fire
Ontario is one step closer to making the Ring of Fire a reality. Rick Gregford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, and Minister of Indigenous Affairs, announced in August…
Editorial: Indonesia to ban nickel ore exports in 2020
Indonesia has confirmed it will ban exports of nickel ore from January 2020 — two years earlier than expected. The Southeast Asian nation is the world’s largest nickel ore producer,…