Benton identifies awaruite at Goodchild project and reports Saganaga assays from drill program - Yahoo Finance
18 May 2012, 7:59 am
The XRF returned assays ranging from 0.291 to 0.314% NiO (nickel oxide) and the subsequent magnetic concentrates recovered by the Davis tube method returned nickel grades of 0.303 to 1.48% NiO equating to 0.035 to 0.105% recoverable nickel.

Vale New Caledonia to Implement Tideworks’ Solutions at Prony Port - The Journal of Commerce Online
15 May 2012, 1:03 pm
Prony Port is fully owned and operated by Vale New Caledonia (Vale NC) and handles the company’s import of raw materials and supplies for its nearby nickel oxide plant, as well as the export of nickel hydroxide cake, nickel sinter and cobalt carbonate.

Royal Nickel Revised Pre-feasibility Study Significantly Increases Dumont Nickel Project Value by 31% to $1.4 Billion (NPV8%) - CNW Group
14 May 2012, 5:54 am
Alternative Downstream Processing Options A separate study remains underway to assess alternative processing options including roasting the concentrate to produce a nickel oxide product, that could be used by nickel pig iron or ferronickel producers and/or ...

Vale Declares Force Majeure At New Caledonia Nickel Plant - FOXBusiness
10 May 2012, 6:02 pm
The company said in its most recent production report in late April that during the first quarter it had conducted successful tests at VNC with an integrated refinery operation and produced 1,100 metric tons of nickel oxide--proving that the ...

Vale declares force majeure at nickel plant - Marketwatch
10 May 2012, 4:29 pm
The company said in its most recent production report in late April that during the first quarter it had conducted successful tests at VNC with an integrated refinery operation and produced 1,100 metric tons of nickel oxide--proving that the ...