Nickel production for the nine months ended March 2014 was broadly unchanged from the prior period, despite planned maintenance at both Cerro Matoso and the Nickel West Kwinana refinery in the March 2014 quarter.

BHP Billiton’s Eagle Ford production accelerated at the end of the first quarter of 2014. The company expects continued growth in U.S. onshore liquids production of approximately 75% for the year, with a priority focus on the Black Hawk region of the Eagle Fo...

Posco’s new chief executive says the next three years will be “very difficult” as he looks to turn round the South Korean steelmaker’s profitability amid a weak global steel industry.

Nickel prices have risen sharply in 2014 even as other industrial metals such as copper and iron ore have struggled. Indonesia's ban on nickel ore exports is the major reason behind the strong performance. More importantly, nickel prices could further strength...

Norilsk expects that the Indonesian decree banning the export of unprocessed ore, signed by the country’s President in January, will result in the current oversupply in the nickel market coming to an end.

Last April 5th, ERAMET and Vale groups as well as New Caledonia’s South Province signed an agreement for the exploration, study and beneficiation of two nickel deposits located in the South of New Caledonia: Prony and Pernod.

“People [in Korea] said my eco-friendly magnesium alloy technology was nonsense, while calling me a con-man. I am where I am because I was recognized in overseas academia.” Dr Kim Se-kwang at the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) tells a stor...

MVC's first quarter molybdenum output also dropped 52% to 125,000lb from 258,000lb in 1Q13.