[ferro-alloys.com]Toronto-listed exploration companies with interests in British Columbia saw stocks rise over 50% in the past week, with a number announcing financing agreements or drilling updates.

[ferro-alloys.com] Vanadium pentoxide price (V2O5), reached US$12.4/lb, having more than doubled from US$5/lb when I started covering vanadium 8 months ago. The price is up over 500% since January 2016.

Ferro-alloys.com:Indonesian nickel smelters that halted operations this year.

[ferro-alloys.com] A copper and nickel rally alongside a spate of positive quarterly results combined to see the majority of leaders by market capitalisation post healthy gains in the past week.China Moly spent $2.65 billion acquiring a 56% stake in Tenke Fung...

Ferro-alloys.com:The Philippines' new Environment and Natural Resources minister Roy Cimatu won’t revoke a ban…

[ferro-alloys.com] BHP Billiton on Tuesday denied commentary in a Brazilian newspaper that it has agreed to sell its stake in the Samarco iron ore mine to its partner Vale.

[ferro-alloys.com] Sajjan Jindal’s JSW Steel should soon have two factors working to mitigate its rising expenses, amid volatile coking coal and relatively higher domestic iron ore prices.

Iron ore prices received a major boost Monday hitting its highest level in eight months after upbeat Chinese data showed its construction sector in July grew the most in almost four years.