Reuters reported that a Philippine bill seeking a halt to exports of unprocessed mineral ores has been approved at the committee stage in the lower chamber of Congress, one of two bills aimed at extracting more value from the country's mineral resources.

The operations will be resumed at a mine in the Turkish province of Manisa, where an explosion occurred on May 13, 2014, Turkish TV channel Haber7 said Sept. 9.

Tata Steel is likely to commission the first phase of its six million tonne (MT) ferroalloy plant in Odisha by March 2015.

It is reported that the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) of Vietnam will impose a new tariff on stainless steel product imports from four Asian countries including China, Taiwan, Indonesia and Malaysia.

In August this year, manganese ore shipments from Port Hedland totaled 257,000 metric tons, increasing by 183.98% compared to the same month of 2013, but showing a slightly decreasing on the basis of 268,321 metric tons in July.

Energy utility Eskom said on Monday that the electricity system would remain tight over the evening peak on Monday and would be “extremely constrained” for the rest of the week owing to planned and unplanned outages. As a result, a high reliance on emergency...

South African electricity utility Eskom said on Friday that it would sign a disputed R4.8-billion contract with Areva, of France, for the replacement of six steam generators at the Koeberg nuclear power station, in Cape Town.

On September 1, International Ferro Metals Limited (IFL), a ferro-chrome producer in South Africa announced that the supply of UG2 chrome ore from Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) restarted and 20,000 tons was received in August.