Platinum Group’s unit to export P25.2-B worth of ferronickel

From: www.abs-cbnnews.com
MCCI Corp., the holding company for the smelting operations of nickel miner Platinum Group Metals Corp. (PGMC), said Wednesday it would export P25.2 billion worth of ferronickel in five years starting 2009.
The company expects to start commercial operations of its P2-billion ferronickel smelting projects early next year. These are located in Manticao, Misamis Oriental; […]

PGMC to export 450,000 MT of nickel ore

From: business.inquirer.net
MANILA, Philippines–Mining firm Platinum Group Metals Corp. is set to ship 450,000 metric tons of nickel ore to Australia from its mine sites in Surigao del Norte and Isabela in the third quarter.
In a statement, PGMC said that of the total, 300,000 MT of nickel ore would come from its Cagdianao, Surigao del Norte […]

Rusina Mines To Start Drilling In Northern Philippines

From: www.allheadlinenews.com
By Komfie Manalo - AHN News Writer
Manila, Philippines (AHN) - London-based Rusina Mining N.L. announced on Tuesday it is ready to start the drilling phase in its Acoje project in northern Philippines, particularly to mine for chromite and nickel sulphides or platinum group metals (PGM).
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Rusina Mining to start new drilling program at Acoje project

From: business.inquirer.net
LONDON, United Kingdom - Rusina Mining N.L. said it has mobilized a rig to start a new drilling program for platinum group metals (PGM), chromite and nickel sulphides at the Acoje site on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
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In the nickel of time

From: Philippine Daily Inquirer
By Conrado Banal III
Platinum Group Metals Corp. can actually source enough nickel ore from its own mines — at least for now — to feed its ferronickel smelting plant in Mindanao.
Okay, that was part of the rejoinder of Platinum Metals chairman Ramon Atayde to our report last week, in which we talked […]