Signs of recovery for stainless market
According to Meps a recovery in the stainless steel sector is underway. World steel production in the second half of this year is expected to be significantly higher than in the first six months. Wildfire halts nickel plant construction
A wildfire burned more than a square kilometre of brush and forest near Long Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada on 13 July 2009, including an area where Vale Inco is preparing to build a nickel processing plant. Nickel King project metallurgical study
Strongbow Exploration Inc. has received the results of a metallurgical study of the Main Zone nickel-copper-cobalt deposit at its wholly owned Nickel King project, in the Northwest Territories, Canada. New structure for Nickel Institute
The Nickel Institute1, the body that represents 90% of the world's nickel producers, has announced a change in focus that will result in a modification of its organisational structure. Ambatovy nickel project arrangement finalized
Sherritt International, of Toronto, Canada, has finalized arrangements with its partners on the Ambatovy nickel project in Madagascar, who will provide loans to fund Sherritt's share of the remaining capital spending on the project. 
Ryerson Steel has hired an inside sales manager, Joe Baysarowich, to its team at the Walden Industrial Park. 
Canadian-based Mindoro Resources Ltd will start exploring its gold, copper and nickel mine in northern Mindanao, Philippines in the third quarter. 
Infrastructure holding two smelter furnaces in place at Vale Inco's Copper Cliff Smelter in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada must be inspected and repaired or replaced every 18 months. 
Xstrata Nickel’s Sudbury Operations has announced the indefinite suspension of mining operations at its Montcalm Mine in Timmins, Ontario, Canada after a geotechnical review showed structural damage to the mine. 
Crowflight Minerals Inc. has reported additional assay results from underground drilling results at its wholly-owned Bucko Lake Nickel Mine located in the Thompson Nickel Belt near Wabowden, Manitoba, Canada.