Editor’s Picks: Top news of the week (February 16, 2007)
Acquisitions within the mid-tier sector took centre stage in the trading week ended Feb. 16, with the biggest one a…
Nickel
Xstrata, Barrick table new Kabanga resource (February 15, 2007)
Its a deposit thats been kicking around for decades, but seems to be getting more respect of late.Partners Xs…
Brilliant hoping to double Australian nickel mine life (February 13, 2007)
Vancouver – Brilliant Mining (BMC-V) says the discovery of a new high grade nickel zone at the Lanfranchi mine in w…
Hard Creek up on Turnagain nickel estimate
Vancouver – Hard Creek Nickel (HNC-V, HNCKF-O) says it wants to spend at least one more year drilling its large, lo…
Nuinsco Nickel Spinout Listed
The spinoff of nickel assets from Nuinsco Resources (NWI-T, NUIRF-O) is complete, with the listing of affiliate Victory Nickel (NI-T).
Western Areas’ great deal
Reading the daily newspaper can bring big rewards. Just ask Julian Hanna. The managing director and chief e…
Editor’s Picks: Top stories of the week
The small club of global nickel miners was the top newsmaker during the week ended Feb. 2, 2007, with substantial d…
LionOre sees Selkirk feasibility
LionOre Mining International (LIM-T, LIM-A, LOR-L) is ready to move to a full feasibility study on the Selkirk nick…
Blackstone buys Xstrata’s Norwegian nickel projects
Vancouver — Blackstone Ventures (BLV-V, BLVKF-O) has struck a deal with Xstrata (XTA-L, XSRAF-O)subsidiary Xstrata Nickel to buy a basket of properties in the birthplace of the Norwegian nickel indus…
CVRD to spend US$477 million sprucing up Canadian assets
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) (RIO-N) will spend US$477 million this year to maintain its Canadian nickel proje…
Jubilee bumps resource at WA nickel project
A new resource figure for the Sinclair nickel deposit near Leonora, Western Australia, is significantly higher than…
Scoping study suggests Maskwa has the stuff
A preliminary economic study on the Maskwa nickel-copper deposit in eastern Manitoba says higher metal prices have …