Russian companies UC Rusal, the world’s biggest aluminium producer, and Norilsk Nickel, a global mining and metallurgical company, plan to build smelters in Indonesia, a government minister says.
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/business/russian-firms-set-to-invest-in-indonesia/544478
(Reuters) – Madagascar has signed an operating permit allowing Canada’s Sherritt International Corp and partners to begin production at the Ambatovynickel mine, its government said on Thursday.
http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/13/madagascar-mining-idINL5E8KDIZA20120913
Santo Domingo. – The mining company Xstrata Nickel Falcondo will shutter Dominican Republic operations in less than five years if it doesn’t get the go ahead to exploit Loma Miranda, in central La Vega province, senior executives warned Thursday.
Prophecy Platinum Corp. (NKL.V) announced an updated Mineral Resource estimate for the Shakespeare Deposit Underground East Zone prepared by P&E Mining Consultants Inc. of Brampton, Ontario.
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