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David Herro From Harris Associates Builds up $1.6 Billion Glencore Stake on Rebound Bet

Glencore Plc investor Harris Associates LP, one of the biggest shareholders in the commodity trader and miner, is betting this year’s worst performer on the U.K.’s benchmark stock index will recover.

Thursday, August 20, 2015

S. Korea’s Ferrosilicon Import Dropped by 44.2% in Jan-Jul of 2015

According to the statistics of Korea Customs, Korea’s ferrosilicon(Si>55%) import volume was 23,673 mt in Jul 2015, up by 2.3% M-O-M and decreasing by 15.4% Y-O-Y. The total import volume in Jan-Jul of 2015 was 154,681 mt, decreasing down by 44.2% Y-O-Y. The ...

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Equitas Resources Corp. Announces $1,800,000 Non-Brokered Private Placement

Equitas Resources Corp. (TSXv: EQT) (FSE: T6UN) (“Equitas” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the Company has arranged a non-brokered private placement of up to 3,157,895 units (“Units”) of the Company at a price of $0.095 per Unit for gross p...

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Sirius Inks Supply Agreement with Glencore

Takeover target Sirius Resources has inked a supply agreement with diversified major Glencore to supply nearly half of the planned nickel sulphide concentrate production from the Nova mine, in Western Australia.

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

S. Korea’s Ferroalloys Import Dropped by 4.5% in Jan-Jul, 2015

According to the statistics of Korea Customs, Korea’s ferroalloy import volume was 102,169 mt in Jul 2015, up by 26.2% M-O-M and up by 28.5% Y-O-Y. The total import volume in Jan-Jul, 2015 was 616,269 mt, decreasing down by 4.5% Y-O-Y.

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

8 Top Tantalum-producing Countries

Widely used in capacitors for computers and mobile phones, tantalum is certainly an important component in many modern technologies.

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

3 Top Vanadium-producing Countries

Vanadium is a soft metal that does not naturally occur in isolation. According to WebElements, it must be separated from other substances, such as carnotite, roscoelite, vanadinite, mottramite and patronite, as well as some crude oils.

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

10 Top Molybdenum-producing Countries in 2014

Molybdenum is a metallic element that is most commonly used as an alloying agent to enhance metals’ strength and durability. It is also used for a range of chemical purposes, for instance as a lubricant or pigment. In most applications, moly has no substitute...

Wednesday, August 19, 2015
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