[ferro-alloys.com] Australian mining giant BHP Billiton said on Tuesday, it plans to cut down cost of Australian iron ore, copper and coal business and increase $1.6 billion capacity in future two years.

Ferro-alloys.com:Clive Palmer says he will look to use the proceeds.

Ferro-alloys.com:Indonesia's state-owned diversified miner PT Aneka Tambang Tbk (Antam) is targetting a 162 percent jump in nickel ore sales next year.

Ferro-alloys.com:Glencore Plc is seeing the best market conditions for nickel in at least a decade, and electric cars are barely playing a part yet.

Ferro-alloys.com:Mike discusses the electric vehicle market and how the consensus view is that they are getting close to parity in price with combustion engine vehicles.

The Communist Party of China concluded its 19th National Congress in Beijing last month. China Daily asked business leaders from major multinational companies for their views on economic developments here and the country's global leadership role.

The Trump administration sanctioned three Chinese trading companies on Tuesday as well as shipping firms and vessels from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as the US seeks to disrupt funding of Kim Jong-un's nuclear program.

[ferro-alloys.com] With the price of vanadium on the rise, one pure-play producer is reaping the benefits.