TSX-V-listed project developer Avanti Mining said it had started construction of its C$812-million Kitsault molybdenum mine, a significant past-producing mine, located in northern British Columbia.

Production from the first furnace at the Lion ferrochrome complex Phase 2 (Lion II) expansion project, in Limpopo, South Africa, which is owned by the Glencore-Merafe chrome joint venture (JV), started on April 6, 2014.

It is reported that Shenzhen GEM High-Tech Co. ,ltd signed a framework agreement June 26th, 2014 to acquire 60% stake in Yangzhou Ningda Noble Metal Co. at tentative price of 312 million yuan ($ 50.61 million).

An Australia-based environmental activist faces the possibility of a two-year prison sentence, in Malaysia, after being arrested while protesting against the world’s largest rare earth refinery.

Tight Supply of Silicon Metal Lingered in Sichuan

Foreign FeSi Buyers Struggled to Bring down Purchase Price

London and the eurozone look set to benefit in the future from increased trade in yuan, as figures Thursday show yet another monthly increase in its use as a global currency.

According to the investigation of www.ferro-alloys.com, current production cost (including tax) of EMM is about RMB 12300/mt (USD1984/m) in China.