They made their comments during a news conference held by the State Council Information Office on Thursday.

Jubilee Metals reported tolling agreements to February 2027, while construction of a second processor module was on course for completion later this year.

US producers claim that the price spread on ferrosilicon sourced from Russia,Kazakhstan, Malaysia and Brazil is as high as 212%, which is seriously damaging the local industry.

Indian state-run miner MOIL Limited achieved manganese ore production of 1.75 million mt in the fiscal year 2023-24,up 34.61 percent year on year, according to a company statement on Tuesday,April 2.

The output accounted for 59.1 percent of the province's power load at that time, said the company.

The proportion of nonfossil energy in the total energy consumption is expected to rise to around 18.9 percent, it said in a guideline on energy work in 2024.

Mining and Technical Exhibitions (MTE) is back in the western limb chrome and platinum belt for a high impact combo showcase on 9 and 11 April 2024, in Mooinooi and Rustenburg respectively.

He said the orderly promotion of clean and efficient utilization of coal has seen significant progress.