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CORPORATE ACTIVITY

Norilsk reaffirms potential hostile AMR bid

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Russia’s Norilsk Nickel on Thursday reaffirmed its potential hostile bid to take over TSX-V-listed Asian Mineral Resources (AMR) through an all-cash transaction. Norilsk, the world’s biggest nickel and palladium producer, said it had...

By: Henry Lazenby

25th May 2012

CORPORATE ACTIVITY

Asian Minerals says Norilsk hostile offer 'too vague'

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Directors of emerging nickel producer Asian Mineral Resources (AMR) on Thursday said a hostile takeover bid by Russia's Norilsk Nickel, the world's biggest nickel and palladium producer, for all the shares of AMR, was “too vague”. In a...

By: Henry Lazenby

24th May 2012

IPO

Russian billionaire Prokhorov files for copper-nickel Toronto IPO

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Move over Mark Zuckerberg. Russia’s Mikhail Prokhorov, who Forbes ranks as the 58th richest person globally, has filed a prospectus to list his Intergeo MMC in Toronto, announcing it the day before Facebook goes public.

By: Matthew Hill

17th May 2012

CORPORATE ACTIVITY

IMX gains full ownership of Tanzania project as it takes over partner

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ASX-listed IMX Resources and TSX-listed Continental Nickel have entered into an agreement to consolidate the ownership of the Nachingwea nickel project, in Tanzania. Under the terms of the agreement, IMX has agreed to acquire all of the issued...

By: Esmarie Swanepoel

17th May 2012

BRASS

US March brass mill imports, exports fall y-on-y

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US imports of brass mill products eased 0.9% in March from a year earlier and exports fell 11.7% during that time, an industry group said. Imports of brass mill products in March slipped to 43.5-million pounds from 43.9-million pounds in the same...

By: Reuters

15th May 2012

NICKEL

Royal Nickel's revised prefeas study improves numbers

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Canada’s Royal Nickel on Monday said it tweaked a November prefeasibility study for its Dumont nickel project, in Quebec, boosting its net present value by 31% to $1.4-billion. Improved recoveries and incorporating so-called trolley assist...

By: Matthew Hill

15th May 2012

CAPITAL RAISING

Mirabela sets sights on A$120m raising

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ASX- and TSX-listed nickel miner Mirabela Nickel has launched a A$120-million equity raising through a strategic placement to the Resource Capital Fund, and an accelerated pro-rata nonrenounceable entitlement offer. The strategic placement to...

By: Esmarie Swanepoel

15th May 2012

NICKEL

Western Areas ups nickel production guidance

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Nickel miner Western Areas on Friday announced an increase in its production expectations for 2012 as the Spotted Quoll underground mine performed above expectations. The ASX- and TSX-listed miner said that the project would now produce some 30...

By: Esmarie Swanepoel

11th May 2012

NICKEL

Vale invokes force majeure at nickel project

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Vale, the world's second-biggest nickel producer, said on Thursday it would suspend sales and purchase agreements at its Goro project on the French Pacific island of New Caledonia after an accident at the mine's sulfuric acid plant. Rio de...

By: Reuters

11th May 2012

Topics in these articles

City	Company	Country	Currency
Johannesburg London Toronto Perth New York RIO DE JANEIRO SAO PAULO	Asian Mineral Resources Pala Investments Holdings Norilsk Facebook Intergeo Pre-IPO Morgan Stanley Continental Nickel IMX Resources Falconbridge Inco Mirabela Nickel Western Areas Vale	Russia Vietnam Canada United States Tanzania China Germany Mexico Saudi Arabia South Korea Australia Brazil Indonesia New Caledonia	USD CAD GBP AUD
Industry Term	Market Index	Person	Continent
Palladium Producer Nickel Producer Brass Mill Products Industry Nickel Miner Expected Mining Steel	TSX	Corey Copeland John Lill Mark Zuckerberg Maxim Finskiy Mikhail Prokhorov Robert Wickham Vladimir Putin Dave Massola Neil Meadows Tyler Mitchelson Dan Lougher Tito Martins	Australia
Province Or State	Facility	Natural Feature
Quebec	Goro	Island Of New Caledonia