Nickel

St-Georges Platinum and Base Metals Ltd. have announced they are entering into a term sheet agreement with Allied Nickel Corporation to get a perpetual and exclusive license in North America for Allied’s Patented Metal Extraction Technology for Nickeliferous Mineralisation.

With nickel prices lower than precious years, the major mining companies of Glencore Xstrata and Vale are in discussions to combine their nickel-mining operations in Canada’s Sudbury Basin in an attempt to cut costs.

A group aimed at promoting copper mining projects in northeastern Minnesota revealed the results of its statewide poll, which showed support for mining projects in the area. The poll was funded for by the Jobs for Minnesotans, which includes business, labor and civic leaders.

MEPS International has stated that higher nickel costs in August helped US and Asian mills to lift market values.

A zone of high-grade nickel-copper mineralization has been intersected on the southern edge of the Maturi Deposit within Duluth Metals’s Twin Metals Minnesota project in northeastern Minnesota. Drilled as part of the metallurgical program, Hole MEX276-W1 intersected 26.

OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel and OJSC MMC Urals are considering eventual cooperation for Elanski and Elkinski (Voronej region) ore deposits exploration. Both of the companies are working on a plan of cooperation and negotiations, which may lead to an agreement for a possible joint action.

Nickel alloy specialist, Corrotherm International, continues to expand its global reach, with the announcement of a new office in the industrial, port city of Dalian, situated in Liaoning province of North East China.

Duluth Metals has announced the results for Hole 13-RK-02, drilled on their Rook Property, situated in the western sector of the company's 100 per cent owned 40,000-acre exploration package. This hole has intersected three significant mineralized sections.

KGHM International (formerly Quadra FNX Mining and Vale Canada), a wholly owned subsidiary of the global mining company Vale, has reached an agreement regarding the development of the Victoria project as well as the ore off-take to Vale's processing facilities in Sudbury, Canada.

RathGibson, a leading manufacturer of welded, welded and drawn, and seamless stainless steel, nickel, and specialty alloy tubing, has earned the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) BioProcessing Equipment (BPE) certification.