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South Africa's NUMSA to take latest offer to striking members

South Africa's striking NUMSA union said on Tuesday it would take the latest offer from the main employers' group to its members on Wednesday, possibly ending a week-old stoppage that has hit car manufacturers.

Thursday, July 10, 2014

US Silicon Metal Import Volume Up M-O-M in May, 2014

According to the statistics of US International Trade Commission, America imported 15945 mt of silicon metal in May, 2014, up by 18.2% M-O-M. The materials were mainly imported from Brazil (5177mt), South Africa (4452mt), Australia (1522mt), Canada (1518mt), N...

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Australian Nickel Projects on Sale

Australian nickel projects, presumably deemed non-core businesses, by mining majors BHP Billiton, and Norilsk Nickel are either reportedly up for sale, or sales have been agreed, which will see some of the country’s nickel production, or potential output move...

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Stanford Advanced Materials Launches Polymer Tungsten In Response To Fukushima Radiation

Stanford Advanced Materials (SAM), the manufacturing favorite in advanced materials, is delighted to announce the release of its new Polymer Tungsten for effective radiation shielding.

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Colt Resources reports Promising New Discovery at its Tabuaço Tungsten Project, Northern Portugal

Colt Resources Inc. ("Colt" or the "Company") CA:GTP -4.55% (fra:P01) (otcqx:COLTF) is pleased to announce encouraging intercepts in the first three holes drilled at the Tabuaco tungsten project, in northern Portugal, as part of its resource expansion drillin...

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Australia can Create More Value from Titanium Ore Says CSIRO Expert

Titanium the fourth-most common metal element there is, but processing it is difficult and thus expensive and it is generally only used for specialist applications.

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Copper Rises to $7,153 per Tonne on Promising Economic Data

Copper rose 0.3 percent or $21.46 to $7,153 per tonne on the London Metal Exchange on Tuesday, according to Reuters. That gain was only slightly below the four-and-a-half-month high that the metal reached last week when it hit $7,190 per tonne. Supporting that...

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Kenmare Says First-Half Output Soared at Moma

First-half shipments from the Moma mine hit 399,000 tonnes, the Dublin-listed company said. Ilmenite production soared 47pc to 445,600 tonnes while Zircon production advanced 12pc to 21,400 tonnes.

Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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