Editorial: It’s closin’ time
Mine closings and layoffs. Yes, with metal prices pulling back sharply this past half year, we’ve finally reached that painful inflection point in the commodity cycle where mine suspensions and closin…
Nickel
Nevoro buys some Moonlight
Nevoro (NVR-T) has finalized the acquisition of Sheffield Resources after Sheffield shareholders voted to approve the takeover. Nevoro is paying 0.8 of a Nevoro share for each of the approximately 37….
Indonesia could be tricky for BHP
A battle could be brewing for BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) on a small island in Indonesia, where the company could soon find itself in the sights of environmental groups.
Goldbrook Ventures looks to China for partnership
China’s insatiable appetite for nickel and the lack of quality nickel sulphide projects and deposits slated for dev…
GobiMin upgrades Yellow Mountain
Vancouver As it continues to sink shafts at its Yellow Mountain property about 100 km southeast of Hami city in n…
Victory Nickel bids for Independent Nickel
Victory Nickel (NI-T) hopes to expand its nickel holdings in Manitoba and has made an unsolicited, all-share takeov…
Liberty plans scoping study for Hart
Liberty Mines( LBE-T) has released its first resource estimate for its Hart nickel project, near Timmins, Ont.
NGO’s ready for BHP in Indonesia
A battle could be brewing for BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) on a small island in Indonesia. The company that has …
Nevoro acquires Sheffield Resources, leases past-producing Benbow chromite mine
Having finalized a lease on the past-producing Benbow chromite mine, Nevoro (NVR-T) now controls a project in the S…
Probe shares down on McFauld’s west results
Probe Mines (PRB-V) shares plunged 47% today after the company reported that drill results from its McFauld’s West …
Canada Nickel to option ‘Ring of Fire’ property from Diamondex
Privately held Canada Nickel Corp. has signed an option agreement with Diamondex Resources (DSP-V, DMDXF-O) to earn up to a 51% interest in the James Bay lowlands nickel project, in northern Ontario.
Franconia updates Birch Lake resource
VANCOUVER– Franconia Minerals (FRA-T, FRALF-O) has doubled its resource estimate for the Main zone at its Birch Lake copper-nickel- platinum group metals deposit, about 11 km northeast of Babbitt, in…