The Philippines’ Berong Nickel Corp is looking at buying an integrated steel plant in China’s Guangxi province to produce nickel pig iron and stainless steel within one of its main markets.
Berong Nickel said on Tuesday it would do due diligence on the three-year old plant over the next six months before making a decision.
If it […]

Pelican Resources announced the execution of a Memorandum of Agreement between BHP Billiton and Sibuyan Nickel Properties Development Corporation, the holder of the Romblon Nickel Project in the Philippines. Simultaneously with the execution of the agreement, SNPDC has also executed a term sheet for an offtake agreement with BHP Billiton for the purchase of product […]

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. : The Company reports that work will begin on its Crescent nickel-cobalt property, located in northern California, in early July. The initial work will include baseline surface mapping and sampling in order to confirm previous surface sample results and locate previous drill locations. New drill locations will then be selected […]

Mindoro Resources Ltd. is pleased to report results from a further eleven drill holes on two drill cross sections on the Agata nickel laterite project. The limonite horizon on the two sections, 100 meters apart, averages 1.15 percent nickel and 44.77 percent iron over an average thickness of 6.63 meters. These grades exceed current requirements […]

Australia’s Rusina Mining Ltd. said on Wednesday it had signed an agreement with European Nickel Plc to fund a feasibility study on Rusina’s Acoje nickel deposit in the Philippines.
In a separate agreement, Philippine civil contracting group DMCI Holdings Inc has agreed to become a partner in the project, which includes investment in a ferro-nickel plant […]

MBMI RESOURCES INC. is pleased to advise that, the Company’s Philippine subsidiary has been granted all requisite mining, and environmental permits to commence development and mining on the Alpha nickel property in Narra, Palawan, Philippines. The granting of these permits marks a milestone in an extensive process and enables the Company’s subsidiary to commence the […]

Mindoro Resources Ltd. is pleased to provide an update from the Agata nickel laterite project, where five coring drill rigs are in operation. Both limonite and saprolite horizons of the laterite are substantially thicker than anticipated, not only increasing tonnage potential, but also expanding market potential for the higher-value nickel material in the saprolite […]

Monster Copper Corporation is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding letter agreement with Mega Uranium Ltd. whereby Mega will acquire all of the outstanding securities of Monster in exchange for common shares and common share purchase warrants of Mega (the “Transaction”). Monster is a publicly-listed uranium exploration company with prospective […]

Metallica Minerals Limited (ASX Code ‘MLM’) has commenced its first 2007 drilling
programme that will see between 7,000 – 8,000 metres drilled, comprising approximately 400 holes, on its 100% held NORNICO project tenements in North Queensland.
The initial drilling programme is designed to further raise the size and status of its Bell Creek nickel resource, test two […]

Atlas Consolidated Mining & Development Corp has said it plans to ship 45,000 metric tons of low-grade nickel ore from the Philippines to China this month, more than doubling January’s exports to the world’s biggest consumer of refined nickel.
The company, the second-largest Philippine miner by market value, exported 19,000 tons of the ore to China […]