BINDURA Nickel Corporation (BNC) says the setting-up of a smelter is imminent as the mining firm is now in advanced talks with government to attain permission for the restart of the plant.

Consmin, a leading manganese ore producer with mining operations in Australia and Ghana, announces its quarterly results for the period ended 30 June 2014.

Globe to Restart Ferrosilicon Output at Siltech

Globe Specialty Metals will consider switching ferro-silicon capacity to silicon metal output in 2015 if prices for the latter product continue to improve.

The nickel market enjoyed a bull run in the first quarter of this year following the Indonesian government’s hefty export tax on nickel ore exports resulting in a defacto ban. Overnight almost a third of global supply disappeared from the market and although ...

US investment bank Goldman Sachs said the refined nickel market has shifted from a major surplus in 2013 to a much smaller surplus in 2014, according to a research note Thursday, adding that prices are likely to continue to rally into 2015.

Global use of molybdenum in the first quarter of 2014 decreased to 136.1 million lb, down 2% from 138.2 million lb in the previous quarter but 7% higher than the same quarter in 2013, according to figures released by the International Molybdenum Association (I...

Nickel miner Western Areas has told bidders for its product that it would prefer a customer who can help it develop new mines, as the race for a looming supply contract heats up.