Nickel production for the nine months ended March 2014 was broadly unchanged from the prior period, despite planned maintenance at both Cerro Matoso and the Nickel West Kwinana refinery in the March 2014 quarter.

Nickel prices are soaring amid growing concern about the availability of supply from Indonesia and Russia, the top two producers of the metal.

Last April 5th, ERAMET and Vale groups as well as New Caledonia’s South Province signed an agreement for the exploration, study and beneficiation of two nickel deposits located in the South of New Caledonia: Prony and Pernod.

BHP Billiton’s Eagle Ford production accelerated at the end of the first quarter of 2014. The company expects continued growth in U.S. onshore liquids production of approximately 75% for the year, with a priority focus on the Black Hawk region of the Eagle Fo...

Norilsk expects that the Indonesian decree banning the export of unprocessed ore, signed by the country’s President in January, will result in the current oversupply in the nickel market coming to an end.

INSG made a presentation of the world's nickel production volume as the primary product in the calendar year 2013 being 1.94 million tonnes which represented an increase of 10.9% versus 1.75 million tonnes of the result in the calendar year 2012.

Nickel prices have risen sharply in 2014 even as other industrial metals such as copper and iron ore have struggled. Indonesia's ban on nickel ore exports is the major reason behind the strong performance. More importantly, nickel prices could further strength...

State-owned mining firm PT Aneka Tambang (ANTM) may kick off construction of a ferronickel smelter later this year in East Halmahera, North Maluku,