Sentences with phrase «nickel mining»

However, on Aug. 5, HudBay announced it had sold the Fenix ferro - nickel mining project in Guatemala to the Solway Group, a private Russian company incorporated in Cyprus.

Tot led his community to a landmark court decision that ordered the government to issue land titles to the Q'eqchi people and kept environmentally destructive nickel mining from expanding into his community.

Rodrigo Tot, Guatemala: An indigenous leader in Guatemala's Agua Caliente, Rodrigo Tot led his community to a landmark court decision that ordered the government to issue land titles to the Q'eqchi people and kept environmentally destructive nickel mining from expanding into his community.

Nickel mining turned the landscape north of Sudbury, Ontario, into a barren wasteland so similar to the surface of the moon that NASA used it for field training.

Cobalt is a by - product of copper and nickel mining, so its production depends on the demand for those metals.

It might be wishful thinking, but there are encouraging signs pointing to an end to the crisis that has humbled Western Australia's nickel mining industry.

Sirius Resources, which is in the middle of a takeover by Independence Group, has formally awarded GR Engineering Services a $ 114 million engineering, procurement and construction contract at its Nova nickel mine in the Fraser Range.

Perth - based GR Engineering Services has won a $ 22 million contract for enhancements to Western Areas» Cosmic Boy processing facility at its Forrestania nickel mine.

The U.S. Interior Department has reinstated the mineral rights leases for a company that wants to build a copper - nickel mine near Ely in northeastern Minnesota, renewals that were denied in the closing weeks of the Obama administration.

It abuts the north - western boundaries of the tenements of Panoramic Resources Ltd's operating Savannah nickel mine.

Sophie Downs contains base metal targets (copper, lead zinc, silver) and graphite; while the Keller Creek property hosts the extensions of Savannah North nickel sulphide mineralisation, ore source for Panoramic Resources Ltd's Savannah nickel mine.

Glencore completed the $ 29 billion takeover of Xstrata in May last year to add coal, copper, zinc and nickel mines to its trading empire.

In 1983, Canadian researchers proposed the construction of an underground neutrino detector in an Ontario nickel mine belonging to the company Inco.

At the meeting at their Office, MNR officials agreed that KLIE staff and exchange participants could accompany MNR's hunting and fishing inspectors to their field sites that the recently constructed road to Aginskoe mine, and the nearby Shanuch cobalt - nickel mine, passed through.

After the nickel mine closed, a few years ago, all inhabitants left the village.

He has filled his view finder with nickel mines in Sundbury, marble quarries in Italy and the demolition of the Yangtze River vallery in China.

Philippines Mining Activist Awarded Goldman Environmental Prize for Stopping Norwegian - owned Nickel Mine

Among the economic activity already happening are nickel mines in the Russian interior shipping metal to world markets through the Arctic.

Father Edwin Gariguez was awarded the Goldman Prize in 2012 for leading a grassroots movement against a large - scale nickel mine to protect Mindoro Island's (a major island in the northwestern Philippines) biodiversity and indigenous people.

Papua New Guinea About Blog This blog was originally established to track the progress of the Ramu nickel mine in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, but has since been expanded to cover the whole mining sector in PNG.

The economy of Newfoundland and Labrador is expected to have the highest growth rate in the country in 2006, as the Voisey's Bay nickel mine and the White Rose offshore oil project have their first full year of production, it says.

Not exact matches

He approved the $ 24 - billion takeover of Falconbridge, a nickel - and copper - mining company, by Swiss miner Xstrata PLC..

MANILA, April 24 - The Philippines» top nickel ore producer, Nickel Asia Corp, said its export plans in 2018 remain unchanged despite government plans to limit mining nickel ore producer, Nickel Asia Corp, said its export plans in 2018 remain unchanged despite government plans to limit mining Nickel Asia Corp, said its export plans in 2018 remain unchanged despite government plans to limit mining areas.

About the Guest Speaker Michael Rodriguez serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Jervois Mining Board and has been the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Poseidon Nickel since 2013.

Michael Rodriguez is a Non-Executive Director of Jervois Mining and Chief Operating Officer at Poseidon Nickel.

As the nickel price continues its upward trajectory driven by the clean energy revolution for power storage and the rise of the electric vehicles, Poseidon remains poised to become a producer with its existing class 1 high grade nickel sulphide mine.

In 1999, they discovered the Lac Rocher nickel deposit in Quebec, which was eventually spun off into a separate mining operating company eight years later.

Panoramic Resources and Mincor Resources have announced plans to put their last operating mines on care and maintenance in response to the depressed nickel market, with Panoramic cutting 50 jobs today with more to follow at both companies.

Poseidon Nickel has restarted mine refurbishment activities at the Windarra mine site and employed new managers as it prepares for potential production later in the year.

Nickel miner Panoramic Resources has made a further 70 job cuts at its Savannah mine in the Kimberley, with the remaining workforce at the site to be made redundant in the coming months.

Nickel miner Western Areas is moving forward with plans to increase its holding in South Australian tenements held by Monax Mining and Strandline Resources, and will begin a new drilling campaign in the coming weeks.

Poseidon Nickel has landed an agreement for Kidman Resources to use its mothballed Lake Johnston infrastructure to process lithium ore from the Melbourne - based company's Mt Holland mine, in a deal potentially worth at least $ 18.5 million.

Diversified miner Independence Group has slashed its workforce by 28 positions at its Long Operation in Kambalda, as it implements a number of cost - saving changes to its mining plan in response to the depressed nickel market.

One year after buying the Thunderbox operations from Norilsk Nickel, Saracen Mineral Holdings has announced plans to develop an open pit gold mine that will double its production to about 300,000 ounces per annum by the 2017 financial year.

Legend Mining has sold its stake in gold and nickel miner Independence Group for $ 4 million, with the local explorer netting about $ 2.5 million profit from the sale.

Western Areas founder Terry Streeter has emerged as a major shareholder in nickel and gold explorer St George Mining, after participating in a $ 2.13 million capital raising.

Perth - based PLD Corporation will proceed with acquiring three zinc and nickel projects, including collapsed miner Kagara's Admiral Bay zinc project, now that it has secured about $ 10 million from two mining finance managers, including Resource Capital Funds.

Mincor Resources is planning to pursue gold mining opportunities on its Kambalda tenements, while continuing to pursue long - term developments at its core nickel projects.

Sirius Resources has sold off all of the nickel and copper it plans to produce out of its Nova mine in the first three years, after signing an offtake agreement with Glencore today.

Maca and GR Engineering Services have become the preferred contractors for work at Cassini Resources» Nebo - Babel nickel project while also committing to the mining company's $ 8 million capital raising.

Mirabela Nickel shares nearly doubled in value today after the miner announced improved December quarter results and released a strategic review, which forecast an increase in production and lower costs at its flagship Santa Rita mine in Brazil.

Poseidon Nickel has said the purchase of the Black Swan mine from Norilsk Nickel would save the company $ 240 million in start up - costs.

A third of Mirabela Nickel's workforce at the Santa Rita mine and 180 contractors have been made redundant, as the troubled miner begins scaling back production at its nickel project in BNickel's workforce at the Santa Rita mine and 180 contractors have been made redundant, as the troubled miner begins scaling back production at its nickel project in Bnickel project in Brazil.

Citing unnamed sources, the Wall Street Journal reported in June that Intrawest had approached Vladimir Potanin, a nickel - mining magnate building the ski resort in Sochi, in the Caucasus Mountains near the Black Sea, that will host the 2014 Olympics.

Perth - based company Lycopodium has been appointed as lead engineer and author for a pre-feasibility study at Jervois Mining's Nico Young cobalt - nickel project in NSW.

Nickel miner Western Areas is moving forward with plans to increase its holding in South Australian tenements held by Monax Mining and Strandline Resources to 90 per cent, and will begin a new drilling campaign in the coming weeks.

LionOre Australia has nickel and gold mining operations in Western Australia.

Long - time mining industry player Tony Gates» new mining company, Great Australian Resources (GAU), raised local investor's eyebrows last week when it released encouraging drilling results from two separate gold and nickel projects.

HWE Mining has a presence in iron ore in the Pilbara region of WA and is active in gold, coal, bauxite, nickel and copper both in Australia and overseas.

There was strong growth in nickel concentrates from Mt Keith, Cosmos, Black Swan and Emily Ann mines.