The government has approved two major rare earth producers to become conglomerates by the end of this year in order to further consolidate the rare resources, combat smuggling and alleviate overcapacity in production.

In order to allow easy shipment of the manganese ore, Bollore will rehabilitate a 1,250 km railway line from Abidjan to Kaya in Burkina Faso for US$536mn, added the report.

Zamanco Minerals Limited has released its activities report for the period ended 30 June 2014.

China's central energy authority unveiled its photovoltaic (PV) development targets for 2014 on Aug 5th, vowing to install 13 gigawatts of new PV power capacity this year.

China has seen positive developments in reducing excess production capacity as it works to improve economic structure, according to a report of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on Aug 3rd.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeMo price retreated to RMB-/mt by acceptance.

Gulf Minerals Corporation Limited (ASX: GMC) wishes to provide for shareholders a copy of our Smelter Business Plan presentation

[Ferro-Alloys.com]European moly oxide price stabilized at USD-/lbMo after slight slip, as local demand somewhat weakened and transaction volume edged down.