According to MEPS, global crude stainless steel production is expected to reach a new record of 42.2 million tons in 2015.

ASX-listed exploration company Rox Resources has started an aircore drilling programme on the Fisher East nickel sulphide project located 500km north of Kalgoorlie, in Western Australia.

Dozens of mining trucks on Friday took to the streets of Noumea, capital of the South Pacific island of New Caledonia, to protest the government’s ban on some nickel exports to China.

Filtration and separation solutions provider Roytec completed testing and adapting a filter press system for mining company Bindura Nickel Corporation’s Trojan nickel mine, in Zimbabwe, last month.

Arcelor Mittal is now talking to the Saraf Family for a minority stake in the group's flagship company - Ferro Alloys Corporation Limited.

The Company currently holds similar patents from South Africa (Patent No. 2013/01364) and the United States (US Patent No. 8,460621 B2), along with a patent application in China (pending).

North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAN)(OTCBB:WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on the 2015 exploration program underway at the Company's 100% owned Maniitsoq nickel-copper-cobalt-PGM project in southwest Greenland...

The International Monetary Fund said the yuan trails its global counterparts in major benchmarks and that "significant work" in analyzing data is needed before deciding whether to grant the Chinese currency reserve status.