Gabonese State-owned mining company Société Equatoriale des Mines (SEM) and Dubai-based group Navodaya Trading DMCC (NTDMCC) have announced a joint-venture (JV) partnership to explore and develop the manganese deposit in Okondja, in eastern Gabon.

Low capacity utilization of two subsidiaries of State-owned IDCOL (Industrial Development Corporation of Odisha Limited) has resulted in production loss of `134 crore during 2008-2013.

Premier African Metals (LON:PREM) will now focus on its RHS tungsten project in Zimbabwe, while the viability of a pilot plant at its Zulu pegmatite deposit is also under study.

Monchegorsk In line with the Nickel refinement salt flow recycling investment project Kola MMC (subsidiary of MMC Norilsk Nickel) commenced the construction of another major unit - intermediate salt storage depositary.

Tata Steel Ltd’s chromium mine in Odisha must remain shut till 10 July when a case filed by its competitor for redistribution of the mine comes up for its next hearing, according to an Odisha high court order reviewed by Mint.

TSX-V-listed project developer Avanti Mining said it had started construction of its C$812-million Kitsault molybdenum mine, a significant past-producing mine, located in northern British Columbia.

Production from the first furnace at the Lion ferrochrome complex Phase 2 (Lion II) expansion project, in Limpopo, South Africa, which is owned by the Glencore-Merafe chrome joint venture (JV), started on April 6, 2014.

It is reported that Shenzhen GEM High-Tech Co. ,ltd signed a framework agreement June 26th, 2014 to acquire 60% stake in Yangzhou Ningda Noble Metal Co. at tentative price of 312 million yuan ($ 50.61 million).