North America

Mining giants Vale and Glencore have called off their talks to merge the Sudbury nickel operations in Canada, which could have resulted in $1bn of cost savings a year.   Discussions failed as the companies could not agree on...

A labour strike has forced Canada-based uranium producer Cameco to suspend production at its McArthur River mine and Key Lake mill operations in northern Saskatchewan.   Last week, the United Steelworkers union held discussions with Cameco over its intention...