…  workers at Colombia’s Cerro Matoso ferronickel mine accepted a company offer on Sunday to end a four-week strike that has hit global nickel prices, a labor union leader said. BHP Billiton , which operates the mine in …  that began on Feb. 27 has supported international nickel prices as Cerro Matoso produces around 4 percent of the world’s …

…  produces an annual 28,000 metric tons (31,360 tons) of ferronickel — a material used to make stainless steel. The Dominican Republic suffers from chronic fuel shortages and high prices. Regular gasoline sold for US$4.42 (euro3.29) in the Caribbean country …

…  down the Doniambo smelter would be likely to push nickel prices even higher, and would have severe financial consequences for SLN which …  and would almost certainly have to do the same on its ferronickel shipments to Europe. New Caledonia is the world’s fifth …