GLENCORE Merafe Joint Venture said on Friday it would keep its ferrochrome operations in South Africa open for another month, until the end of March, in order to finalise terms for a lower electricity tariff that would ensure its production was sustainable.

GLENCORE Merafe Joint Venture said on Friday it would keep its ferrochrome operations in South Africa open for another month, until the end of March, in order to finalise terms for a lower electricity tariff that would ensure its production was sustainable.

Recently, the metal calcium market has been operating weakly, with production enterprises facing significant losses.

Canada and Australia have agreed to deepen cooperation on critical minerals as they move to strengthen supply chains

Global rare earths mining investment platform Cascade Natural Resources has increased its previously announced investment

Copper, lithium, molybdenum and other minerals have increased their strategic value as inputs for the arms industry amid the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East between Israel

The impact of the US-Israeli attacks on Iran on the aluminum sector deepened on Tuesday after Qatari smelter Qatalum began to shut down and shareholder Norsk Hydro issued a force majeure to customers.

Aluminum rallied on concerns that a critical supply route for Middle Eastern producers will be disrupted by conflict in a region responsible for a significant chunk of global output.