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.

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).

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.

An Australia-based environmental activist faces the possibility of a two-year prison sentence, in Malaysia, after being arrested while protesting against the world’s largest rare earth refinery.

Tight Supply of Silicon Metal Lingered in Sichuan

Foreign FeSi Buyers Struggled to Bring down Purchase Price

On a trade forum in China recently, experts disclosed dry & bulk cargo seaborne demand was still strong and it would maintain annual growth of 6% in the next five years.

According to the investigation of www.ferro-alloys.com, current production cost (including tax) of EMM is about RMB 12300/mt (USD1984/m) in China.