Indonesia’s nickel reserves are sufficient for expanded processing operations, an investment ministry official said on Wednesday

Grid Metals (TSXV: GRDM) has raised the indicated tonnage by more than a third at its MM copper-nickel project in southeast Manitoba.

Ardea Resources said on Monday it signed a binding deal with Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Mining and Mitsubishi Corp to develop the Kalgoorlie nickel project.

Indonesia has issued a new mining permit for nickel miner PT Vale Indonesia, its investment minister said on Monday.

Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) has decided to shut down its Ravensthorpe nickel operation in Western Australia.

SLN is part of a struggling New Caledonian nickel industry that the French government is trying to salvage with a proposed rescue package.

Brazilian miner Vale on Wednesday said lower prices for iron-ore, nickel and copper in the first quarter dragged down earnings compared to the year before, as it posted net profit slightly below analyst estimates.

Russian metals giant Nornickel, the world’s largest palladium producer and a major producer of high-grade nickel, cut nickel production by 10% year on year in the first quarter to 42,000 metric tons, the company said on Monday.