US electrolytic manganese metal rose to USD 120-125 per lb, ex- warehouse, after initial declines earlier this month.

Prices for European medium-carbon widened this week to USD 1,145-1,205 per mt, DDP, as buyers moved in the spot market

Prices for silicomanganese dropped this past week in the US from USD59.5-61 per lb, ex-warehouse, to USD 58.5 per lb as the low,

Booming global demand for battery-powered cars and portable devices such as smart phones and laptops is tipped to provide a boon for a handful of Australian miners producing the key ingredients of nickel, graphite and vanadium.

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uth Korean steelmaker POSCO said in a statement on Tuesday it has slashed its monthly stainless steel prices for July by 200,000 Korean won ($200) a tonne to reflect easing nickel prices, swinging back to price levels from a month earlier.

American Manganese (TSXV:AMY) CEO Larry Reaugh spoke to Resource Investing News about the Artillery Peak project in Arizona, the largest known manganese deposit in the southwest US.

White Cliff Minerals (ASX:WCN) has identified a new high tenor nickel in soil anomaly at its Merolia Nickel and Copper project in Western Australia’s Laverton region, which should see the share price lift.