"As the operator, TVIRD has put in a tremendous amount of effort to ensure that the Agata nickel laterite operations remain viable and to align its mining activities with today's market conditions," stated Clifford James, Chairman and CEO of TVI and Chairman o...

Philippine nickel miners, hit by a slump in prices, may have found an unexpected ally in the El Nino. They are betting the dryness linked to the weather event will let them mine until year end instead of typically shutting due to seasonal rains.

Miners¡¯ output costs have dropped more than industry consensus due to lower energy prices and weak emerging market currencies, a report by Societe Generale showed, suggesting metals prices have further to fall before miners are forced out of business.

Nickel miner Panoramic Resources has suspended mining at its Deacon orebody, within the Lanfranchi operations, in Western Australia, following earlier seismic activity.

Nickel output was expected to reach between 32 000t and 40 000t; gold between 218 000 oz and 247 000 oz; zinc between 40 000t and 45 000t; palladium between 20 000 oz and 23000 oz and platinum between 25 000 oz and 35 000 oz.

Following two separate seismic events in the vicinity of the Deacon orebody, Panoramic was forced to reduce production at Lanfranchi and to reschedule some of the Deacon production into 2016 financial year.

The average LME nickel price in H1 2015 was USD 6.2/lb, down from USD 7.8/lb in H2 2014 and USD 7.5/lb in H1 2014. ERAMET Nickel posted current operating income of -€98 million in H1 2015, compared with -€27 million in H1 2014.

Talon Metals Corp. ("Talon" or the "Company") (TSX:TLO) is pleased to provide an exploration update on the Tamarack North Nickel-Copper-PGE project ("Tamarack North Project"), as well as the area to the south ("Tamarack South Project"), both located in Minneso...