The last few years of the 20th Century were not very kind to the nickel industry. In October and December of 1998 the LME price for nickel dipped to US$1.76 a pound, the lowest level ever, if you fact...

Two provinces--Manitoba with its producing mines in the Thompson Nickel Belt and Quebec with one nickel/copper mine on the Ungava Peninsula--are under investigation by would-be and existing nickel min...