In the first half year of 2014, China imported 12.27million tons nickel ores from Philippines, which just rose by 10.93% compared with that of last year. Meanwhile, China imported 10.44million tons Ni ores from Indonesian, down by 64.9% year on year.

CaSi producers were faced with unsatisfying deals in the fierce competition with industrial counterparts in China. CaSi market prices seemed steady, while in fact producers were lowering their offers and traded prices were also on the decline.

Hot temperature and increasing demand from steel mills of Japan and South Korea in Q2 of 2014 together led to tight supply of ferrosilicon in June and July in China. The tight situation didn’t improve in early August. The majority of Chinese steel mils raised...

Vantage Drilling Company ("Vantage" or the "Company") (NYSE MKT: VTG) reports net income for the three months ended June 30, 2014 of $15.1 million or $0.05 per diluted share, excluding charges for the early retirement of debt and a revision to the tax provisio...

(Marketwired - Aug. 5, 2014) -Critical Elements Corporation (or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:CRE) (OTCQX:CRECF) (FRANKFURT:F12) announces that laboratory scale hydrometallurgical testing is in progress at the SGS Minerals Services laboratory in Lakefield, Ontar...

Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. (NYSE: TC) (TSX: TCM) (the "Company" or "Thompson Creek"), a diversified North American mining company, announced today financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, prepared in accordance with United St...

Qian’an Steel Department of Shougang Group (Qian’an Steel) tried to replace CaSi cored wire with calcium wire in the past two years.

The government has approved two major rare earth producers to become conglomerates by the end of this year in order to further consolidate the rare resources, combat smuggling and alleviate overcapacity in production.