Nickel

Noront Resources Ltd has announced the discovery of a new mineralized zone containing significant concentrations of vanadium, titanium and iron on its wholly owned Double Eagle Project in the James Bay Lowlands of northern Ontario, Canada.

Market forces have left Vale do Rio Doce with no choice but to slow output at its operations in Ontario.

Strongbow Exploration Inc. has commissioned a metallurgical study of the Main Zone nickel-copper-cobalt deposit at its wholly owned Nickel King project in Northwest Territories, Canada.

Kaminak Gold Corp. has announced the acquisition of a 100% interest in five copper-nickel-platinum group element projects (43,000 hectares total) located in the Grenville Geological Domain of southern Quebec.

Champion Minerals Inc. has announced that a 5000m drill program is being initiated to delineate iron mineral resources on the Fermont Iron Property located in the Fermont iron ore district, 250km north of the St Lawrence River port town of Port Cartier and centered 60km SW of Fermont in NE Quebec.

Xstrata Nickel plans to restructure its Sudbury, Ontario, Canada operations in response to ongoing challenging market conditions.

Vale is limiting nickel production at its Voisey's Bay mine in Eastern Canada to an average of 55,000 metric tonnes over the next four years.

RathGibson, a manufacturer of welded, welded and drawn, and seamless stainless steel, nickel, and titanium tubing, has completed the integration of Mid-South Control Line as a division of RathGibson.

Hard Creek Nickel Corp. has contracted Norilsk Process Technology Pty Ltd (NPT) to determine the viability of the Activox technology as the hydrometallurgical process to extract nickel and cobalt from the Turnagain deposit concentrate.

Select-Arc Inc., headquartered in Ohio, US, has introduced a stainless steel, metal cored electrode designed for welding when elevated temperatures are involved.