Philippine is expected to experience deeper setback in its metals output this quarter after seeing a continuous decline in the production in the first nine months of the year.

Brazil’s Vale (NYSE:VALE), the world’s No.1 iron-ore producer, saw a slight decline in second-quarter output, but still managed to beat beat analysts’ estimates, keeping a new annual production record in sight.

In early Apr., the nickel ores stock in main ports of China turned stable after 5months’ decline

According to the statistics, in the whole year of 2014, Philippines exported 43.86million

Nickel ores Stock Statistics of China from Mar.21st, 2014-Mar.20th, 2015

RNC incurred a net loss of $10.0 million ($0.10 per share) for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared to a net loss of $6.7 million ($0.07 per share) for the same period in 2013

According the production report, Vale delivered a strong operational performance in 4Q14 and in 2014, with production records in iron ore, nickel, copper and gold.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] China’s nickel ore import volume was 3,080,000mt in April, up by 78% M-O-M(1,730,000mt) and up by 38.7% Y-O-Y(2,220,000mt).