The start-up of Bauba Platinum’s Moeijelijk chrome project, in the North West, has contributed to an increase in earnings per share and headline earnings per share.

The Financial Times reported that Pavel Fedorov, vice president of major nickel producer Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN), has warned that nickel prices are unlikely to rise unless “lossmaking producers start to shut mines and close production.”

Clive Palmer's embattled north Queensland nickel refinery will only be saved if five demands are met, the businessman-turned-politician says.

New Caledonia will remove restrictions on the sale of nickel ore to China, according to a report in the Australian newspaper that cited no sources.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Australian Vanadium Ltd (ASX:AVL) has positioned itself as a front-runner to benefit from the positive signs of growth in vanadium demand as it applies to the energy storage market.

Russia has delivered to South Korea 10kg of molybdenum-100 (Mo-100), which was produced as part of a cooperation project between the Electrochemical Plant (ECP - part of fuel company Tvel) and

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In 2015, molybdenum earned the dubious distinction of being the year’s worst-performing metal. Plagued by the twin issues of oversupply and low demand, molybdenum prices fell a whopping 49 percent during the period.

Buying activity in the molybdenum oxide market picked up as the week drew to a close Friday, but prices reported were predominantly at lower levels.