Iron-ore shipments to China through Australia's Port Hedland rose 1% in December despite the spot price for the steelmaking ingredient dropping to its lowest on record and a gloomy outlook heading into the new year.

A total of 2.86 million tons of tungsten ore has been discovered in a mining area in Fuliang County in southern China's Jiangxi Province, according to the provincial land and resources department on Jan. 5, 2016.

Canada’s Almonty Group paid 1 euro to Japanese conglomerate Sojitz Corp for the entire share capital of Beralt Ventures Inc, which controls the Panasqueira tungsten mines in Portugal, the Canadian group said in a statement to the market.

Tungsten Mining (ASX:TGN) has raised A$1.9 million via the placement of 48 million shares at A$0.04 per share as the company focuses on a duo of recent Western Australian acquisitions.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The first around of high-carbon ferrochrome prices from China's major stainless steel mills which is most concerned by the industry have not been released yet, while chrome ores prices keep running lower under the negative expectation that th...

After China’s Baosteel raised their new list prices of February and March this year, China’s Wisco has also announced to lift their list prices at RMB150-350/ton for domestic market.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It is said that the biggest steelmakers in Hebei of China, Hebei Iron and Steel Group already knocked down January purchase on ferrosilicon with RMB4,750/mt, a sharply up by RMB500/mt on the basis of last month

As the solar energy industry emerges as one of the most promising markets in Africa, China and the US are teaming up to establish a sustainable energy system on the continent, according to an industry expert.