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| TABLE 14 | |||||||||||||
| NICKEL: NEW SULFIDE PROJECTS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION, BY YEAREND 2017 | |||||||||||||
| Annual | |||||||||||||
| production | |||||||||||||
| Estimated | capacity | ||||||||||||
| Projected | Resource | resources | (metric tons | ||||||||||
| year of first | Country | grade | (thousand | -of contained | |||||||||
| production | (state/province) | Project and company1 | (% nickel) | metric tons)2 | nickel) | Nickel product | |||||||
| 2012 | Canada | Raglan-Kikialik | 3.10 | 1,800 | 24,000 | Concentrate. | |||||||
| (Quebec) | Xstrata Nickel (GlencoreXstrata since May 2013) | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | Finland | Kevitsa | 0.29 | 89,000 | 11,000 | Do. | |||||||
| (Lappi) | First Quantum Minerals Ltd. | 0.32 | 150,000 | ||||||||||
| 0.29 | 35,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | Finland | Outokumpu Copper (Kylylahti mine and | 0.20 | 1,400 | 450 | Cobalt-nickel- | |||||||
| (Pohiois) | Luikonlahti mill) | 0.20 | 5,400 | concentrate. | |||||||||
| Altona Mining Ltd.3 | 0.25 | 900 | |||||||||||
| 2013 | Canada | Nunavik (South Raglan) [Allammaq, Expo, | 0.93 | 560 | 6,800 | Concentrate. | |||||||
| (Quebec) | Ivakkak, Mequillon, Mesamax, Puimajuq | 0.93 | 21,000 | ||||||||||
| and TK deposits] | 0.73 | 5,200 | |||||||||||
| Canadian Royalties Ltd. (controlled by Jilin | |||||||||||||
| Jien Nickel Industry Co., Ltd.)4 | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | China | Tulaʼergen | 1.10 | 100,000 | 3,000 | Do. | |||||||
| (Xinjiang- | (Qincheng Township) | ||||||||||||
| Autonomous region/ | Xinjiang Hami Hexin Mining Ltd. | ||||||||||||
| East Tianshan) | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | Vietnam | Ban Phuc | 2.78 | 5 | 730 | 6,600 | Do. | ||||||
| (Son La) | Asian Mineral Resources Ltd. and Son La | 2.60 | 5 | 960 | |||||||||
| Mechanical Engineering JSC | 1.94 | 5 | 170 | ||||||||||
| 1.05 | 6 | 200 | |||||||||||
| 1.23 | 6 | 700 | |||||||||||
| 1.14 | 6 | 400 | |||||||||||
| 2014 | Canada | Fraser Morgan | 1.94 | 4,400 | 6,000 | Ore. | |||||||
| (Ontario) | Xstrata Nickel (GlencoreXstrata since- | 1.81 | 2,400 | ||||||||||
| May 2013) | 1.70 | 1,800 | |||||||||||
| 2014 | Do. | Totten (plus new Clarabelle mill addition) | 1.33 | 8,400 | 8,200 | Concentrate. | |||||||
| Vale Canada | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | China | Heishan | 0.60 | 23,000 | 5,000 | Do. | |||||||
| (Gansu) | Jinchuan Group Co., Ltd. | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | United States | Eagle | 4.80 | 1,500 | 17,000 | Do. | |||||||
| (Michigan) | Sold by Rio Tinto Group to Lundin Mining | 3.10 | 3,300 | ||||||||||
| Corp. in July 2013 | 1.00 | 49 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | Australia | Cosmic Boy and Diggers7 | 1.46 | 8 | 2,100 | 7,000 | Do. | ||||||
| (Western Australia) | Western Areas Ltd. | 2.40 | 9 | 380 | |||||||||
| 1.00 | 10 | 10,000 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | Do. | Mt. Windarra and Cerberus | 1.24 | 910 | 7,000 | Do. | |||||||
| Poseidon Nickel Ltd. | 1.72 | 3,000 | |||||||||||
| 1.51 | 11 | 4,600 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | Canada | Onaping Depth | 2.67 | 15,000 | 10,000 | Do. | |||||||
| (Ontario) | Xstrata Nickel (GlencoreXstrata since- | 3.60 | 1,200 | ||||||||||
| May 2013) | |||||||||||||
| 2015 | Canada | Raglan-Qakimajurg | 4.52 | 2,500 | 11,000 | Do. | |||||||
| (Quebec) | Xstrata Nickel (GlencoreXstrata since May 2013) | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | United States | NorthMet | 0.08 | 213,000 | 7,100 | Concentrate, initially. | |||||||
| (Minnesota) | PolyMet Mining Corp. and Glencore | 0.07 | 590,000 | Byproduct nickel-cobalt | |||||||||
| International AG | 0.07 | 260,000 | hydroxide, later. | ||||||||||
| 2016 | Canada | Minago | 0.56 | 11,000 | 11,000 | Concentrate. | |||||||
| (Manitoba) | Victory Nickel Inc. | 0.51 | 43,000 | ||||||||||
| 0.53 | 15,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | Canada | Eagleʼs Nest-McFaulds Lake | 2.08 | 5,400 | 15,000 | Do. | |||||||
| (Ontario) | Noront Resources Ltd. and Baosteel | 1.50 | 5,600 | ||||||||||
| Resources International Co., Ltd. | 1.10 | 9,000 | |||||||||||
| 0.31 | 1,600 | 12 | |||||||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||||
| TABLE 14-Continued | |||||||||||||
| NICKEL: NEW SULFIDE PROJECTS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION, BY YEAREND 2017 | |||||||||||||
| Annual | |||||||||||||
| production | |||||||||||||
| - Estimated | capacity | ||||||||||||
| Projected | Resource | - resources | (metric tons | ||||||||||
| year of first | Country | grade | - (thousand | -of contained | |||||||||
| production | (state/province) | Project and company1 | (% nickel) | metric tons)2 | nickel) | Nickel product | |||||||
| 2016 | Canada | Dumont | 0.29 | 360,000 | 49,000 | Ferronickel. | |||||||
| (Quebec) | Royal Nickel Corp. | 0.26 | 1,300,000 | ||||||||||
| 0.26 | 510,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | Russia | Kun-Manie (Ikensoe, Maly Krumkon, and | 0.61 | 3,700 | 16,000 | Concentrate. | |||||||
| (Amur) | Vodorazdelny) | 0.48 | 48,000 | ||||||||||
| Amur Minerals Corp. | 0.54 | 17,000 | |||||||||||
| 2017 | Australia | New Morning/Daybreak | 3.70 | 5 | 320 | 3,000 | Ore. | ||||||
| (Western Australia) | Western Areas NL | 3.50 | 5 | 93 | |||||||||
| 0.90 | 6 | 1,100 | |||||||||||
| 0.90 | 6 | 660 | |||||||||||
| 2017 | Do. | Radio Hill (conventional heap leaching) | 0.61 | 2,000 | 7,400 | Nickel-copper- | |||||||
| Fox Resources Ltd. | 0.42 | 2,000 | concentrate. | ||||||||||
| 2017 | Botswana | Dikoloti | 0.70 | 4,100 | 2,000 | Nickel-cobalt sulfide. | |||||||
| (Selebi-Phikwe- | The Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National | ||||||||||||
| region) | Corp. (81%) and Discovery Metals Ltd. (19%) | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | Canada | Turnagain | 0.22 | 230,000 | 24,000 | Concentrate. | |||||||
| (British Columbia) | Hard Creek Nickel Corp. | 0.21 | 640,000 | ||||||||||
| 0.20 | 980,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | Canada | Makwa (formerly Maskwa) | 0.61 | 7,200 | 3,600 | Do. | |||||||
| (Manitoba) | Mustang Minerals Corp.13 | 0.27 | 700 | ||||||||||
| 2017 | Canada | Hart | 1.40 | 1,500 | 9,000 | Do. | |||||||
| (Ontario) | Liberty Mines Inc. [Jilin Jien Nickel Industry | 1.27 | 320 | ||||||||||
| Co., Ltd. (60%)] | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Do. | Kenbridge (open pit) | 0.43 | 3,300 | 3,900 | Do. | |||||||
| Canadian Arrow Mines Ltd. | 0.38 | 1,100 | |||||||||||
| 2017 | Canada | Copper Cliff Mine (merger and expansion) | 1.15 | 130,000 | NA | Ore. | |||||||
| (Sudbury) | (formerly Copper Cliff Deep project) | ||||||||||||
| Vale Canada | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Canada | Wellgreen | 0.31 | 450,000 | 14,000 | Concentrate. | |||||||
| (Yukon Territory) | Wellgreen Platinum Ltd. (formerly Prophecy | ||||||||||||
| Platinum Corp.) | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Finland | Kuhmo (Arola, Hietaharju, Peura-aho,- | 0.55 | 14 | 6,000 | 3,000 | Do. | ||||||
| (Oulu) | Sika-aho, and Vaara) | ||||||||||||
| Altona Mining Ltd.3 and Polar Mining Oy | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Russia | Vuruchuaivench (10 kilometers southwest of | 0.23 | 17,500 | NA | Metal. | |||||||
| (Kola Peninsula) | Monchegorsk) | ||||||||||||
| MMC Norilsk Nickel-Kola MMC | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Russia | Maslovsky (Butter) | 0.33 | 728,000 | 18,000 | Concentrate. | |||||||
| (Taimyr Peninsula) | Russian Platinum Co. (in late 2012 and 2013- | ||||||||||||
| ownership of the deposit was contested by- | |||||||||||||
| MMC Norilsk Nickel-Polar Division) | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Tanzania | Kabanga | 2.49 | 14,000 | 40,000 | Concentrate. | |||||||
| (Kagera region) | Barrick Gold Corp. (50%) and Xstrata Nickel | 2.72 | 23,000 | ||||||||||
| (50%) | 2.24 | 19,000 | |||||||||||
| 2017 | Tanzania | Nachingwea Regional Exploration Project, | 0.58 | 20,000 | 15 | 25,000 | Do. | ||||||
| (Lindi and Mtwara | including Ntaka Hill Nickel Sulphide Project | 0.66 | 36,000 | ||||||||||
| regions) | IMX Resources Ltd. and.MMG Exploation | ||||||||||||
| Holdings Ltd.16 | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | United States | Nokomis/Maturi Extension | 0.20 | 17 | 550,000 | 19,000 | Byproduct nickel-cobalt | ||||||
| (Minnesota) | Birch Lake, Maturi, Spruce Road | 0.21 | 17 | 270,000 | sulfide or hydroxide. | ||||||||
| Twin Metals Minnesota LLC18 [Duluth Metals | 0.17 | 19 | 180,000 | ||||||||||
| Ltd. (60%) and Antofagasta PLC (40%)] | 0.16 | 19 | 40,000 | ||||||||||
| 0.25 | 20 | 120,000 | |||||||||||
| 0.21 | 21 | 120,000 | |||||||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||||
| TABLE 14-Continued | |||||||||||||
| NICKEL: NEW SULFIDE PROJECTS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION, BY YEAREND 2017 | |||||||||||||
| Do. Ditto. NA Not available.- | |||||||||||||
| 1Company names reflect organizational structure as of March 25, 2015. BHP Billiton Group is a dual listed company comprising BHP Billiton Ltd. and- | |||||||||||||
| BHP Billiton Plc. Vale Nickel is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vale S.A. | |||||||||||||
| 2Gross weight, dry. Rounded to no more than two significant digits and represent measured, indicated, and (or) inferred resources depending on the- | |||||||||||||
| project. When two or more datasets are listed, the first resource data represent measured resources; the second, indicated resources; and the | |||||||||||||
| third, inferred resources, unless otherwise specified.- | |||||||||||||
| 3Altona Mining Ltd. was created when Universal Resources Ltd. merged with Vulcan Resources Ltd. in February 2010. | |||||||||||||
| 4On March 22, 2012, Jilin Jien Nickel Industry Co., Ltd. purchased 95.62% of the outstanding shares of Goldbrook Ventures Inc. In May 2012, the- | |||||||||||||
| company acquired the remaining shares (4.38%) of Goldbrook Ventures Inc. This acquisition gave Jilin Jien Nickel Industry Co., Ltd. 100% control- | |||||||||||||
| of the Nunavik project. | |||||||||||||
| 5Massive sulfides. | |||||||||||||
| 6Disseminated sulfides. | |||||||||||||
| 7Includes Diggers Rocks, Diggers South, Purple Haze, and Seagull resources. | |||||||||||||
| 8Diggers areas-probable ore reserves. | |||||||||||||
| 9Cosmic Boy area-indicated resources. | |||||||||||||
| 10Diggers areas-indicated resources. | |||||||||||||
| 11Cerberus deposit. | |||||||||||||
| 12Inferred resources of East zone. | |||||||||||||
| 13Mustang Minerals Corp. was also evaluating the potential of resources at the nearby Mayville property. | |||||||||||||
| 14Kuhmo project area-total indicated and inferred resources. | |||||||||||||
| 15Measured and indicated resources. | |||||||||||||
| 16Continental Resources Ltd. and IMX Resources are in the process of merging to simplify development of the Ntaka Hill Nickel Project. | |||||||||||||
| 17Nokomis deposit-indicated and inferred resources. | |||||||||||||
| 18In March 2011, Twin Metals Minnesota LLC (TMM) acquired Franconia Minerals Corp., doubling the project's mineral and land assets. | |||||||||||||
| 19Birch Lake deposit-indicated and inferred resources. | |||||||||||||
| 20Maturi deposit resource. | |||||||||||||
| 21Spruce Road open pit resource. | |||||||||||||
| Sources: Australian Mines Atlas 2011; Canadian Minerals Yearbook 2012; company annual reports, presentations, and press releases; CRU International,- | |||||||||||||
| Ltd., and the International Nickel Study Group. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
