Vale Inco 'keeping options open' in Sudbury, union vows fight

The United Steelworkers union (USW) warned on Thursday that any attempt by Brazilian-owned nickel-miner Vale Inco to run operations in Sudbury, Ontario, while some 3 100 of the union's members are on strike, would be a "huge mistake". Vale Inco...

Strike spectre looms after Vale Inco, union break off talks

Contract negotiations have broken down between nickel miner Vale Inco and the biggest union at its Sudbury, Ontario, operations, with less than a week to go before the current collective agreement expires at midnight on July 12. Both sides...

Vale plans 8-week shutdown in Sudbury

Brazil's Companhia Vale do Rio Doce will postpone the start-up of its Onca Puma nickel project, in Para state, by “at least one year”, and will halt nickel production in Sudbury, Ontario, for eight weeks in response to weak demand for the...

Vale Inco, battling nickel slump, will cut 900 jobs

Nickel producer Vale Inco will eliminate about 900 full-time jobs at its global operations, in response to “ongoing challenges” in the world nickel market, the firm announced on Tuesday. The job cuts will mainly affect corporate management...

Xstrata Nickel cuts Sudbury jobs, curtails operations

Xstrata Nickel will put its Fraser complex, in nickel-rich Sudbury, Northern Ontario, on care and maintenance, shelve a development project and cut 686 permanent jobs, the group announced on Monday. Xstrata, which cited "ongoing challenging...

FNX announces more Sudbury nickel cutbacks, chops 307 jobs

Canadian base-metals miner FNX Mining will extend the suspension of nickel ore mining at its Levack mine, and also plans to halt nickel ore production from the adjoining McCreedy West mine, effective immediately. Nickel-ore mining will be halted...

Vale closes Sudbury nickel mine indefinitely, defers project

Brazil's Companhia Vale do Rio Doce will shut its Copper Cliff South mine, in Sudbury, Ontario, in January, because of weak nickel prices and slumping demand, the firm announced on Thursday morning. The mine, which produces 8 000 t/y of finished...