First Quantum Minerals will cut about 1,480 construction jobs at copper and nickel mines in Zambia as part of cost-reduction plans needed after the nation’s electricity utility reduced supply.

First Point Minerals Corp. of Vancouver and Cliffs Natural Resources of Cleveland, OH, have amended their agreement covering the Decar nickel-iron project 80 km north of Fort St James. It is now a contractual joint venture with 60% belonging to Cliffs and 40% ...

Mining contractor Thiess has been awarded a $160-million contract from diversified miner BHP Billiton’s Nickel West division, to undertake operations at the Rocky’s Reward nickel mine, in Western Australia.

Base metals project developer Royal Nickel Corporation continued yo make steady development progress on its Dumont nickel project, in Quebec, having chalked up several critical milestones over the past several months.

CIMIC said its mining contractor Thiess has won a $160m contract with BHP Billiton's Nickel West for work at its mine in Western Australia

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.