Meanwhile, the two countries account for 4% of seaborne supplies.

A mining company controlled by billionaire Robert Friedland is counting on getting access to a Liberian railway in order to develop its Nimba project in neighboring Guinea.

LME nickel stockpiles have declined by 71pc to 75,318t on 14 March from a year earlier.

Guinea’s ruling junta has ordered a full halt of Rio Tinto’s (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) vast Simandou iron ore project in the country’s southeast.

Japan's thermal power generation capacity is expected to fall this week on the back of increased maintenance.

Wits confirms a previously dismissed theory applicable to the Bushveld Complex

India: Sandur Mines to auction over 2,000 t manganese ore on 19 March

Work starts at Paulsens East