Junior nickel and gold explorer St George Mining has entered into a binding agreement with diversified miner BHP Billiton’s Nickel West division, to acquire the Hawaii and Mt Alexander North nickel projects, in Western Australia.

Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore is taking steps to raise $2.5-billion worth of equity capital by placing shares with existing and new institutional shareholders as well as directors and employees.

Nickel miner Poseidon Nickel is developing an alternate strategy for its Silver Swan project after a sales agreement with Caeneus Minerals fell through.

It is expected that base-metals miner First Quantum Mineral’s Enterprise nickel mine will start operation later this year or in 2016, depending on nickel market conditions.

The Zambian mining sector is reeling from the effects of the global commodity-demand slowdown, which is mainly attributed to lower demand from China, and lower copper prices, says strategy and communications consultancy africapractice regional analyst Sinethem...

The Federal Court of Australia has approved ASX-listed miner Independence Group’s takeover of fellow-listed Sirius Resources.

Diversified miner Independence Group has revised its mine plan and cut staff numbers at its Long operation, in Western Australia, in response to the current weakness in the nickel price.

The largest landholder in the promising mine camp known as the Ring of Fire, in Northern Ontario, has closed a C$1.54-million financing to advance the development of its Eagle’s Nest project, for exploration in the region and for general working capital.