Pobuzhye Ferronickel Plant (Kirovograd region) has decreased its natural gas consumption 8 times. Prior to implementing the coal powder fuel the works consumed 11 million cubic meters of natural gas per month. Now it has decreased gas consumption to 1.5 millio...

BHP Billiton has given up trying to sell its struggling Nickel West business, declaring that an acceptable bid could not be found.

After shelving its sale of Nickel West, BHP Billiton will be forced to keep the troubled unit out of its $US15 billion spinoff of unwanted assets amid analyst predictions it would damage the new company's credit rating.

In early Nov., one large FeNi producer in Jiangsu province had cut down 2/3 of the production. According to the source, as the the main reason was the weak FeNi market made the enterprises suffer great pressure.

Russia’s investment and industrial group Vi Holding may pour around US$1.5 billion into building mineral processing facilities in Indonesia, a Russian minister says.

It was reported that one 2,000,000 tonne per year nickel alloy and stainless steel project will be built in Hukou County, Jiangxi Province, China.

Reuters reported that Indonesia's mines ministry nnounced January to August production and sales data.Coal exports for January until September were 234.76 million tonnes, against production of 310.84 million tonnes.

Brazil’s Vale said that a revised nickel mining contract with Indonesia will raise maximum royalties, cut land holdings and require its Indonesian unit to sell another 20% of its shares to local investors.