Recently, mineral exploration and developers URU Metals reported that its 100% flagship zebediela nickel project will soon restart geological exploration.

The Omani Public Authority for Mining is weighing whether to extend or cancel dozens of permits for the mining of chromite that have long been "dormant" inactive, as its license holders have not developed or used these mines.

China Moly’s H1 cobalt production down 24% year/year

Lithium price: 50% of hard-rock miners are losing money

Japan’s ferrosilicon (≤55%) imports down 20.895% YoY in July.

Japan's imports of ferrosilicon (>55%) show a year-on-year decrease of 20.39% in Jan-Jul 2020.

Crude steel output rose by 9.07 percent to reach 93.36 million tons in the period, with a daily output of 3.01 million tons.

Japan's imports of ferrosilicon (>55%) saw a year-on-year decrease of 48.24% in July 2020.