The seaborne iron ore market remained depressed on Tuesday December 1 after hitting new low a day earlier, with heavy smog in north China contributing to the pessimism. The Metal Bulletin 62% Fe Iron Ore Index now stands at $42.24 per tonne, a loss of $0.7...

Vale expects 2016 will be another challenging year for miners but says it is continuing to restructure to adapt. The Brazilian miner, the world’s biggest producer of iron ore, pellets and nickel, said it will be able to make these changes without having t...

Mineral exploration company Talon Metals has secured $15-million in funding from private equity firm Resource Capital Fund (RCF), that will allow it to conduct further exploration at the Tamarack nickel/copper/platinum group elements project, in Minnesota, in ...

Nickel miner Mincor Resources has announced the succession of its MD David Moore, who will switch to a non-executive role after 16 years at the helm of the company.

Nickel’s spectacular fall since the middle of last year may have come to a halt, but without significant, enduring output cuts and stronger demand from China’s stainless steel mills the reprieve coule be brief.

THE government has scrapped the 20 percent export tax on chrome, which has been a major hurdle in trading the mineral.

Zimbabwe has sealed two deals with Chinese companies running into several millions of dollars for the off-take tantalite and chrome following the lifting of a four-year-old export ban on chrome ore.

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