NORILSK NICKEL AND RUSSIAN PLATINUM SIGN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

NORILSK NICKEL ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY CONSOLIDATED PRODUCTION RESULTS FOR 4Q AND FY2017, AND REITERATES PRODUCTION OUTLOOK FOR 2018

Ferro-alloys.com:Indonesia's state-owned diversified miner PT Aneka Tambang Tbk (Antam) is targetting a 162 percent jump in nickel ore sales next year.

Ferro-alloys.com:Brazil's Vale SA in a securities exchange filing on Monday denied that it had decided to postpone the sale of a stake in the New Caledonia nickel mine.

Ferro-alloys.com:World’s largest miner BHP (ASX, NYSE:BHP) (LON:BLT) expects to fully divest its US oil and gas business.

Ferro-alloys.com:Indonesia as of the end of September has exported 1.49 million wet metric tons (wmt) of nickel ore and 0.49 million wmt of bauxite, Bambang Susigit, director of minerals at energy and mining ministry told Reuters.

Ferro-alloys.com:A new nickel mine that just opened in Western Australia is pinning its hopes on the use of nickel in electric vehicle batteries.

Ferro-alloys.com:Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he believed the controversial ban on open pit mining imposed by former Environment Secretary Gina Lopez should remain.