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Zimbabwe Lifts Chrome Export Ban

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Zmbabwe on Tuesday lifted a four-year ban on chrome ore exports. The country also licensed 12 private companies and a state-owned firm to ship excess ore for smelting outside the country and lowered electricity tariffs for miners of the base ...

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

South32 Delays Restart of Some S African Ferromanganese Furnaces

The company noted on Tuesday that no permanent employees would be retrenched as a result of the temporary suspension. South32, in its capacity as manager of the 60:40 Samancor Manganese joint venture (JV) with Anglo American,

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Zimbabwe Unbans Chrome Exports

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Zimbabwe on Tuesday lifted the ban on chrome ore exports to help enhance capacity for local producers and grow the sector.The move was also expected to restore economic livelihoods of small-scale producers and boost revenue to government thro...

Thursday, June 11, 2015

10 Top Manganese-producing Countries

Manganese was first discovered in the late 1700s and has been produced in large quantities since that time, according to Jefferson Lab. The element does not occur in isolation, and is obtained by breaking down other minerals. The most common source of manganes...

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Codelco Cuts Molybdenum Output in Q1

National Copper Corporation of Chile (Codelco), the largest copper producer in the world announced that its molybdenum output in the first quarter totaled around 6,000 tons, decreasing by 25% year on year.

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Inida's NMDC cuts iron ore output in Apr-May

Indian National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC) released its sales report during April to May.

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

South32 Mulls Writing down Stake in South African Manganese Venture

The Hotazel Manganese Mines (HMM) of South32 are located in the manganese rich Kalahari Basin in the Northern Cape South Africa. The region is home to 80 per cent of the world’s manganese ore body. (Image courtesy of South32)

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Odisha Govt Targets to Double OMC’s Mineral Production by 2019

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The State government today decided to enhance the production capacity of the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) to 20 million tonnes by 2019.

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
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