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.

Premier African Metals (LON:PREM) will now focus on its RHS tungsten project in Zimbabwe, while the viability of a pilot plant at its Zulu pegmatite deposit is also under study.

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.

On a trade forum in China recently, experts disclosed dry & bulk cargo seaborne demand was still strong and it would maintain annual growth of 6% in the next five years.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China exported -mt vanadium pent oxide in May,2014, up -% compared with last May (-mt) and -% from April (-mt).