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Wildcat strike hits Vale Canada nickel project

A wildcat strike by construction workers at Vale SA's Long Harbour nickel processing plant in Eastern Canada dragged into its fifth day on Monday, with hundreds of union members refusing to enter the job site in protest over wages.

Kennady Diamonds completes plan of arrangement

Canadian junior Kennady Diamonds Inc. announced Tuesday the plan of arrangement between the company and Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. is now complete, and KDI shares have commenced trading on the TSX Venture under the ticker symbol KDI.

Life at BHP: it’s a soup opera

The Australian Financial Review reports instructions for "nibble food" consumption and the display of work-related awards feature among "a bewildering array of dos and don'ts" for 3,000 BHP Billiton office workers who are moving into the miner's new Perth headquarters.

Steel industry fears demand has plateaud

Sunday's Financial Times asks the question: Has the age of “peak steel” – in which world steel annual output and demand reaches a plateau at about its current level of 1.5bn-1.6bn tonnes – finally arrived?
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South32 eyes Alaska’s copper under potential Trump policy changes

Approval of Ambler Mining District road would allow South32 and Trilogy Metals to mine high-grade copper from their assets.