A mining company controlled by billionaire Robert Friedland is counting on getting access to a Liberian railway in order to develop its Nimba project in neighboring Guinea.

Japan's thermal power generation capacity is expected to fall this week on the back of increased maintenance.

Guinea’s ruling junta has ordered a full halt of Rio Tinto’s (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) vast Simandou iron ore project in the country’s southeast.

Meanwhile, the two countries account for 4% of seaborne supplies.

Wits confirms a previously dismissed theory applicable to the Bushveld Complex

Work starts at Paulsens East

Indian private-sector producer JSW Steel's output rose by 21pc on the year to 1.58mn t, but dropped by 4pc on the month.

American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that steel import permit applications for the month of February totaled 2,274,000 net tons (NT)*.