Mexican ferromanganese producer Minera Autlán reported net profits of 32.4mn Mexican pesos (US$2.62mn) in the second quarter of 2014, compared to a net loss of 84.1mn pesos in the prior year period.

Kaboko Mining has been granted a trading halt by the ASX pending an update on its Zambian operations.

Kingray New Materials Science & Technology Co., Ltd (Kingray New Materials) issued an announcement on semi-annual business performance recently.

Kingray New Materials Science & Technology Co ., Ltd (Kingray New Materials) issued an announcement on government subsidy recently. According to the announcement,

Songtao Economic Development Zone invited investment on industrial manganese slag utilization project recently. It is located in Songtao County, Hunan Province, China.

Gulf Minerals Corporation has appointed its current chief executive officer Bruce Morrin as an executive director.

China Tyoon Group held its midyear working conference of 2014 in Changsha City recently. Chairman and President Zeng Jiuxiong hosted the meeting and made an important speech.

On July 10, 2014, Minco announced the completion of a positive Preliminary Economic Assessment on its 100% owned Woodstock electrolytic manganese metal（EMM） project