The Ontario Mining Association’s board of directors has appointed Kelly Strong as the new chairman of the Ontario Mining Association (OMA). Strong currently serves as vice-president of Vale’s Ontario and UK Operations.
The Dominican Republic government has rejected a request by Glencore Xstrata to explore nickel in a mountainous area of the country.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22762493
Development of Technology to Make Use of Iron from Nickel Ore Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd produces nickel cobalt mixed sulfides using HPAL, technology in the Philippines and the tailing left by this technology contains iron in the form of hematite. However, the grade of this hematite is low at approximately 30% to 40% and as such cannot be used as a raw material for iron and steel, meaning it is subject to disposal in landfills.
Laterite ore processing by Carbonylation
NEW DELHI, May 31 (Reuters) – India’s largest copper smelter is likely to restart within a week, after a court on Friday gave a conditional go-ahead, ending a two-month-long shutdown that has squeezed domestic supply and boosted imports.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/31/india-sterlite-smelter-idUSL3N0EC2GF20130531
PATUANAK, Sask. – Uranium giants Cameco and Areva have reached a $600-million deal with a Saskatchewan First Nation that supports their mining operations and drops a lawsuit over land near the proposed Millennium project.
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/22440426/paducah-plant-to-close-doors-after-60-years
Rio de Janeiro-based Vale received the concession to work at a mine in the municipality of Mariana, according to statement in Brazil’s official gazette today. The permit will allow an estimated 20 million metric tons of iron-ore production per year on reserves of 64.9 million tons, it said.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-28/vale-gets-concession-for-minas-gerais-iron-ore-deposit.html
Nickel exports may climb to a record this year because Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s stimulus hasn’t spurred demand in the world’s third-biggest user of the metal, adding to a global glut, the country’s top producer said.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/28/business/record-nickel-exports-add-to-glut-sumitomo/#.UaOnvdKOSSo
Santo Domingo.- The United Nations Program for Development (UNDP) on Thursday rejected the planned mine at Loma Miranda (central) by the Canadian company Xstrata Nickel Falcondo.
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