Dozens of mining trucks on Friday took to the streets of Noumea, capital of the South Pacific island of New Caledonia, to protest the government’s ban on some nickel exports to China.

Weekly Stock of Chrome Ore in China's Main Ports (07-Aug-15)

Filtration and separation solutions provider Roytec completed testing and adapting a filter press system for mining company Bindura Nickel Corporation’s Trojan nickel mine, in Zimbabwe, last month.

London Metal Exchange (LME) nickel prices settled at US$10,820/ton on August 6th, rising by US$30/ton from the previous day.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] At the beginning of August, silicon metal price remained operation weak stability and the price has been bottomed, enterprises operated make few profit, 553 # without oxygen as an example, the current price is RMB 10,100 / MT -RMB10 200 / MT...

Indonesia’s PT Antam Tbk said that the company produced 4,930 tons of nickel in the second quarter, increasing by 15.8% from 4,258 tons in the same period of last year.

Arcelor Mittal is now talking to the Saraf Family for a minority stake in the group's flagship company - Ferro Alloys Corporation Limited.

The Company currently holds similar patents from South Africa (Patent No. 2013/01364) and the United States (US Patent No. 8,460621 B2), along with a patent application in China (pending).