In 1986, Deng Xiaoping, launched the “863 program”, aimed to gain control of the rare earths market in the sector saying: “The Arab countries have oil, China has rare earths.” The 15 “rare elements” along with yttrium, scandium (‘15+2’), have the chara...

It is reported that Vale is likely to become the global biggest nickel supplier in the next two to three quarters.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]South Africa government has unveiled a large-scale supporting program for the domestic power suppliers who are in the difficult situation. South Africa National Grid will accept new equity and increase extra debts.

San Francisco-based Cloudyn, which helps companies manage their cloud-based systems, has raised $4 million in Series A funding led by Titanium Investments. Existing investor RDSeed also participated. Cloudyn has now raised $5.5 million in total financing, havi...

Triton Minerals’ (ASX:TON) initial metallurgical results from the Nicanda Hill prospect in Mozambique have recovered very high grade graphitic concentrate of up to 97.3% Total Graphitic Carbon (TGC) using straight forward flotation methods.

lobal contract mining group, Barminco has been awarded a contract extension to carry out underground mining development and production activities at Western Areas’ Spotted Quoll and Flying Fox nickel mines in Western Australia. The extension is for an initia...

Reuters reported that a Philippine proposal to ban exports of unprocessed metal ores could take 7 years to implement.

Aim-listed iron-ore and manganese developer Ferrex expected the mining permit for its Nayega manganese project, in Northern Togo, to be awarded during the fourth quarter of the year, MD Dave Reeves said on Monday.