Oman has all of the key ingredients necessary to attract international investment in the manufacture of silicon -- a strategically important metal with extensive application in metallurgy, silicone-based products, and crucially, in the production of solar pane...

The Onca Puma mine has a capacity of 62870t and the ferronickel processing facility has a capacity of 53000t, though it produces less than half of that.

The last thing two of the world’s biggest mining companies, BHP Billiton and Vale , need today is speculation that after the disaster at their jointly owned Samarco iron ore mine in Brazil they might also have to close big nickel-mining operations to stem a t...

Spot offers of 75%-Si ferrosilicon in Asia remained under pressure on prevailing weak demand and intense competition from indirect shipments via Vietnam, sources said Thursday.

Gulf Manganese Corporation Limited (ASX:GMC) announced that the Company has raised $1.125 million from the placement of 75,000,000 shares and 37,500,000 options, which were approved at the General Meeting on 2nd October.

Ukraine iron and steel producers Zaporizhstal, announced its finished steel output down 29.6% year on year, to 205,300 tons; crude

U.S. citizens can now legally own resources mined in space after President Barack Obama signed into law a debated bill that allows people to mine, sell and own any space material.

The price of silicon metal has continued to decline gradually, but the price of 553 grade as a low-grade product seems to stop declining before being down to CNY9,000