KAGARA says that first production of nickel from Australia's Lounge Lizard deposit will start in three months, with the ore to be treated at Western Areas' Cosmic Boy nickel concentrator.
13/05/2009
MINARA Resources chief executive Peter Johnston says any nickel miner who believes they can develop a nickel laterite processing plant for less than $4 billion is kidding themselves.
08/09/2009
A RUSSIAN nickel miner is reviewing its Australian operations due to poor market conditions.
17/10/2008
BHP BILLITON is not planning any changes to its Australian nickel-making operations, despite declining world prices for the metal.
21/08/2008
NICKEL miner Western Areas says it is on target to start up two new mines near its Flying Fox development in Western Australia in 2009.
16/09/2008
NORILSK Nickel International has announced it will suspend its Black Swan and Lake Johnston nickel operations in Western Australia.
17/02/2009
Fletcher Nickel has discovered new sulphide nickel resources during prospecting in Canada’s Hutt Township.
11/09/2008
WESTERN Areas says production at the Cosmic Boy nickel concentrator, Western Australia will double to 20,000 tonnes of contained nickel in 2010.
13/08/2009
WESTERN Areas has doubled the mineral resource estimates at its Spotted Quoll nickel deposit in outback Australia.
03/09/2008
MINCOR Resources has unveiled an extension to its Miitel nickel mine in Western Australia’s Kambalda region.
09/10/2008
BHP Billiton will suspend operations at its Ravensthorpe Nickel operation in Western Australia in response to difficult market conditions.
22/01/2009
PROTO Resources has announced it is now ready to commence its expanded clean technology test programme which has the capability to revolutionise the treatment of nickel laterite.
31/03/2009
Minara Resources has deferred a $300m heap-leach expansion program following an 80% fall in profits.
12/08/2008
METALLICA Minerals has announced a maiden resource of 12.2Mt at its Kokomo nickel/cobalt deposit in north Queensland.
20/01/2009
WESTERN Australia’s Chamber of Minerals and Energy Chief Executive Reg Howard-Smith says many more jobs will be cut in the nickel industry before things start to get better.
26/02/2009
POSEIDON Nickel will embark on continuous process pilot testing, after delivering positive test results from its Windarra project in Western Australia.
29/08/2008
PIONEER Nickel is finalising amendments to a joint venture agreement with Xstrata for exploration projects in Western Australia.
07/11/2008
A RESCUE deal for a troubled nickel miner in Western Australia has sparked hope for the state’s minerals industry.
17/11/2008
MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has officially opened Western Areas’ Forrestania nickel concentrator about 150km south-east of Southern Cross.
24/03/2009
FERRAUS has announced that it now has full ownership over the Silver Swan North nickel and gold project after BHP Billiton Nickel West and Mithril Resources pulled out of the joint venture.
03/07/2009