Raja Ampat is a collection of some 600 islands in Indonesia’s West Papua province. It is a beautiful area with clear blue ...

The Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA) reports its member companies in Palawan have planted over 9 million trees ...

Indonesia's pristine Raja Ampat islands face a divide. After mine closures sparked tensions, locals are weighing jobs from nickel mining against environmental protection and tourism.

The Tamarack Nickel Project, near the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe reservation, is nearing a key regulatory step.

Land clearing for nickel mines is causing a more severe threat to the climate than initially thought, a study led by a University of Queensland researcher has found. Dr. Evelyn Mervine from UQ's ...

In 2006, scientists descended upon a remote open-pit mine in Australia to study air that turns into rock. Like many mines, after churning through rock to get at a mineral, the Mount Keith nickel mine ...

Indonesia’s sprawling nickel industry is creaking under the weight of its own success, as a production surge drags down prices and a shortage of ore forces even the country’s own smelters to curb ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. In the news release, Canada Growth Fund announces up to US$85 million investment in critical minerals with key ...

BHP Group (NYSE:BHP), the world's largest miner, suspended its Western Australia nickel operations due to a significant decline in nickel prices and a global oversupply. This decision lingered since ...

Nickel has traditionally been used in alloys such as stainless steel. However, in recent years, growing demand for lithium-ion batteries has brought attention to its role in the quickly developing ...

Although most attention lately has been on mining proposals around the Boundary Waters, another copper-nickel project is further along in the state’s regulatory process. This fact is by no means lost ...