Xstrata Nickel to cease end-of-life operations at Sudbury ahead of schedule to focus on new lower cost mines
Xstrata Nickel today announces plans to cease operations at Craig and Thayer-Lindsley nickel mines ahead of schedule, both of which are approaching the end of their productive lives. These mines will be replaced by the new, lower cost Nickel Rim South and Fraser Morgan mines, both in advanced stages of development in Sudbury.
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Highest nickel grade intercepts – African Eagle
The Dutwa nickel laterite discovery in Tanzania had produced its highest-grade intercepts to date, Aim- and JSE-listed African Eagle MD Mark Parker said on Tuesday.
Parker said that 85% of the drill holes had returned favourable nickel grade and thickness in the Dutwa project area, which was located 100 km east of Mwanza city, in the [...]
Uranium Mining
WA Labor ‘won’t back’ uranium mining»Western Australian Opposition Leader Eric Ripper says Labor will continue to oppose uranium mining in WA, even though the State Government formally lifting the ban on mining the resource today.
Premier Colin Barnett says the removal of the ban will take immediate effect and any new mining leases will not have the standard clause that bans [...]
Nickel Mining
Xstrata Nickel to cease end-of-life operations at Sudbury ahead of schedule to focus on new lower cost mines»Xstrata Nickel today announces plans to cease operations at Craig and Thayer-Lindsley nickel mines ahead of schedule, both of which are approaching the end of their productive lives. These mines will be replaced by the new, lower cost Nickel Rim South and Fraser Morgan mines, both in advanced stages of development in Sudbury.
Ian [...]
