BHP still committed to nickel

Diversified major BHP Billiton on Wednesday reaffirmed its commitment to the nickel industry, despite temporarily reducing the mining rate at its Mount Keith operation, in the Northern Goldfields. A spokesperson for BHP said that production...

Franco-Nevada sees 'very active' royalty market

The market for resources royalties is “very active right now”, Franco-Nevada CEO David Harquail commented on Tuesday. Toronto-based Franco-Nevada, which has gold, platinum-group metals, base-metals, oil and gas assets, announced earlier in...

Company Announcement: Attached please find a press release on: “With over half a million tonnes of contained nickel, Santa Rita now has the world’s third largest open-cut nickel sulphid

Attached please find a press release on: “With over half a million tonnes of contained nickel, Santa Rita now has the world’s third largest open-cut nickel sulphide reserve after BHP Billiton’s Mt Keith deposit and Vale’s...

First-phase drilling ends at Oz nickel project

AIM-listed Braemore has successfully completed the first phase drilling programme on the nickel sulphide Tailings Storage Facilities (TSF) at BHP Billiton's Leinster Nickel Operations, it said yesterday.

Jubilee reports strong annual reuslts

Nickel-miner Jubilee Mines yesterday reported a net annual profit of $75,5-million, after including a $14,7-million provision on the carrying value of its investments in junior nickel explorers Falcon Minerals and Northern Star Resources.

Nickel firm in buy-out, but BHP agreement remains in place

AIM-listed Braemore Resources has announced that shareholders have approved the acquisition of Western Consolidated Nickel.

Cosmos Nickel project, Australia

A nickel project located in the Kathleen Valley area, approximately 40 km north of Leinster, in Western Australia.