Nickel Industry News

Carbon nanotubes have powerful potential (The Westerly Sun)
Sun 14 Mar 2010 5:11am
The rechargeable lithium-ion batteries now so common in everything from iPods to hybrid cars can store twice the energy of similarly sized nickel-metal hydride batteries and up to si......


Gasoline prices heading for $3 (The Marietta Times)
Sat 13 Mar 2010 7:48am
About this time of year is when Jim Blair, 65, starts riding his motorcycle more - and it's not just because of the weather. "It's funny; one minute gas prices can be $2.65 (a gallon......


Vale to boost nickel production in Sudbury after vote (CTV.ca)
Sat 13 Mar 2010 4:01am
Vale says it plans to increase nickel production at its strike-bound operations in Sudbury, Ont., after workers voted to reject the company's latest contract offer....


PolyMet hearing at state Capitol moved hour earlier to 5 p.m. today (Mesabi Daily ...
Sat 13 Mar 2010 12:53am
ST. PAUL Todays legislative hearing on nonferrous mining and the PolyMet copper/nickel/precious metals project near Hoyt Lakes has been rescheduled from 6 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the st......


question of the week (Coast Reporter)
Fri 12 Mar 2010 2:08pm
SUDBURY, Ont. - Vale Inco workers in Sudbury, Ont., have voted 88.7 per cent to reject the company's latest contract offer. Their colleagues at the nickel miner's operation in Port C......


Vale in increase nickel production at strike-bound operations after vote (Canoe Mo...
Fri 12 Mar 2010 1:35pm
SUDBURY, Ont. - Vale said Friday it plans to increase nickel production at its strike-bound operations in Sudbury, Ont., after workers voted to reject the company's latest contract o......


At the Capitol / Mining 'damage deposits' put on hold (Pioneer Press)
Fri 12 Mar 2010 6:11am
An effort to require future copper-nickel mining projects to pay so-called "damage deposits" so the public isn't hit with expensive cleanup costs is dead for the session, its chief S......


Norilsk: Palladium an attractive investment (Resource Investor)
Wed 10 Mar 2010 11:31am
Palladium is an appealing investment because future jewelry and industrial demand will be strong, Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest palladium producer, told the Reuters Global Mini......


State considers tougher copper-nickel mining rules (Minnesota Public Radio)
Wed 10 Mar 2010 9:10am
A Senate committee takes up a bill today that would tighten the rules for copper-nickel mining, just as a half-dozen companies are in the midst of making plans to open such mines in ......


Nickels Roll Over Signals More Declines: Technical Analysis (Bloomberg)
Tue 9 Mar 2010 11:38pm
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Nickels momentum roll over after prices fell from a 20-month high last week signals further declines, according to technical analysis by Barclays Capital....