Prices for European medium-carbon widened this week to USD 1,145-1,205 per mt, DDP, as buyers moved in the spot market

Prices for silicomanganese dropped this past week in the US from USD59.5-61 per lb, ex-warehouse, to USD 58.5 per lb as the low,

Booming global demand for battery-powered cars and portable devices such as smart phones and laptops is tipped to provide a boon for a handful of Australian miners producing the key ingredients of nickel, graphite and vanadium.

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uth Korean steelmaker POSCO said in a statement on Tuesday it has slashed its monthly stainless steel prices for July by 200,000 Korean won ($200) a tonne to reflect easing nickel prices, swinging back to price levels from a month earlier.

American Manganese (TSXV:AMY) CEO Larry Reaugh spoke to Resource Investing News about the Artillery Peak project in Arizona, the largest known manganese deposit in the southwest US.

White Cliff Minerals (ASX:WCN) has identified a new high tenor nickel in soil anomaly at its Merolia Nickel and Copper project in Western Australia’s Laverton region, which should see the share price lift.

Amur Minerals reported progress on a nickel copper sulphide project in the Russian Far East, but said there would be no drilling this season unless it secures a mining licence.