Nov 20 (Reuters) – A Cuban nickel plant damaged by Hurricane Sandy more than three weeks ago is now up and running, according to official media in Holguin province where it is located.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/20/metals-cuba-sandy-nickel-idUSL1E8MK6JI20121120
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – The $1.5-billion Ramu nickel/cobalt mine, in Papua New Guinea, has loaded its maiden shipment from the Basamuk process plant, ASX-listed Highlands Pacific reported on Wednesday.
http://www.miningweekly.com/article/ramu-ships-first-nickel-product-2012-11-21
KOLKATA (miningweekly.com) – India and Japan were expected to formalise greater collaborations and joint ventures (JVs) in Kazakhstan, it was revealed on Thursday.
Aluminum Corporation of China’s Jiangsu company confirmed that it has halted operations at four rare earth element (REE) smelting and separation factories,according to Chinese media sources.
Broken Hill Prospecting Ltd today announced that a detailed scoping study for the production of sulphuric acid bi-product from its worldclass, 100%-owned Broken Hill Cobalt Project in western NSW had highlighted significant potential for a long-term operation with a low capital start-up and staged development.
http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page674?oid=161522&sn=Detail&pid=102055
GREENVILLE, S.C., Nov. 7, 2012- KEMET Corporation, a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced it will be a presenter at the InnoMobility 2012 Conference being held November 7-8th, 2012 in Greenville, SC.
The country has only had two smelters of any significance, one for aluminum and one for copper, but as Reuters reports, the first of many refining operations has started up, taking nickel laterite ores and producing nickel pig iron.
http://agmetalminer.com/2012/11/06/indonesian-nickel-ore-to-pig-iron-refining-plans-taking-shape/
Nickel prices gained Rs 2.90 to Rs 877.40 per kg in futures market today after participants enlarged positions, taking positive cues from overseas markets, and pick-up in domestic demand from alloy-makers.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/nickel-futures-up-on-global-trend-spot-demand/1027593/
The iron ore market is looking better now than a year ago despite the recent crash in spot prices, according to respected Macquarie Bank commodities analyst Jim Lennon.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/business/a/-/world/15306306/analyst-still-bullish-on-iron-ore/
KAMPALA – Uganda has invited bids for the restart of production at its Kilembe copper mines near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and expects the winner to invest about $100-million in the project.
http://www.miningweekly.com/article/uganda-invites-bids-for-re-starting-of-copper-mines-2012-11-05
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