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| 8 Feb 2010 | Nickel | ► | URSA Major Minerals starts mining operations at Shakespeare Nickel Mine, Sudbury Area URSA Major Minerals Incorporated is pleased to announce that the Company has started mining operations at the Shakespeare Nickel Copper Mine located 70 km west of Sudbury, Ontario... more ► |
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| Vale sending nickel off to Welsh refinery The first shipment of nickel concentrate to be processed into matte at Copper Cliff Smelter Complex since a strike by Steelworkers began seven months ago is on its way to Vale Inco's refinery in... more ► |
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| Proposed copper-nickel mine draws 'extraordinary' interest State and federal regulators will take several months to review voluminous public feedback about the PolyMet project... more ► |
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| Copper at 3-month low LME copper ended at $6,265/mt on Friday, $125 down... more ► |
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| 5 Feb 2010 | Lunar New Year to weigh on metals demand Major market participant says, as Lunar New Year holiday that will close Chinese markets for a week from February 14 "started to take its effect on volumes"... more ► |
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| LME copper at 3-months low LME copper fell to $6,329/mt, its lowest since Oct. 19, ending at $6,390/mt, $200 down... more ► |
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| 4 Feb 2010 | LME copper at a new low LME copper closed down $230 at $6,590/mt... more ► |
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| Vale Inco ramps up mining Vale Inco is going to increase its mining activity locally in order to provide more feed for its back-in-operation Copper Cliff Smelter complex... more ► |
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| European Nickel offers $33m for Rusina European Nickel Plc has made a bid for Perth-based minerals explorer Rusina Mining NL, which values the Australian company at about $33 million... more ► |
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| 3 Feb 2010 | Xstrata workers ratify 3-year contract Workers for a mining operation in Sudbury, Ont., have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a three-year collective agreement that provides them "major gains," according to their union... more ► |
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| LME metals rise LME copper closed at $6,820/mt, up $93... more ► |
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| Norilsk Nickel posts platinum production increase for 2009 Norilsk Nickel saw its platinum output reach higher-than-expected levels in 2009, it has been confirmed... more ► |
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| Steelworkers hope Xstrata contract will bring Vale Inco to table A last-minute labour deal between Xstrata PLC and its unionized workers in Sudbury, Ont., has put the spotlight on rival Vale SA and it employees to settle their seven-month-old strike... more ► |
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| 2 Feb 2010 | Crowflight on track to resume Bucko mine production in Q1 2010 Crowflight Minerals announced today that it plans to re-start production mining activities at the Bucko Lake Nickel Mine ("Bucko") located in the Thompson Nickel Belt near Wabowden, Manitoba by the... more ► |
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| LME copper rises; nickel down almost 3% LME copper finished at $6,790/mt, up $45... more ► |
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| Xstrata Nickel, union reach tentative agreement After a month and a half of negotiations, CAW Local 598 has reached a tentative collective agreement with the Xstrata Nickel Sudbury Division... more ► |
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| 31 Jan 2010 | Russian metals giant nickel output down 6% in 2009 Russia's metals giant Norilsk Nickel posted a 6% decrease year-on-year in nickel output to 282,900 metric tons in 2009, with last year's copper production down 4% to 402,000 metric tons against 2008... more ► |
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| Talks continue to avoid strike at Xstrata Nickel in Sudbury, ON The Canadian Auto Workers union says talks are continuing to avert a midnight strike at Xstrata Nickel in the Greater Sudbury area... more ► |
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| LME prices down: copper at 2-months low LME copper ended at $6,750/mt, $140 down, hitting a 2-month low on Friday... more ► |
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| 29 Jan 2010 | Anglo and African Nickel in alliance agreement The nickel alliance agreement between mining junior African Nickel and one of the world's largest diversified miners, Anglo American, is proving to be mutually beneficial to both companies, reports... more ► |
