Prospective space miner Planetary Resources has showcased the first-ever direct metal print from asteroid metals on Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Trade volumes on the London Metal Exchange fell 4.3% in 2015, data from the bourse showed on Friday, dented by slowing growth in Chinese demand for commodities.

KWG Resources is looking to the Far East to secure funding for its proposed 340 km rail corridor, which the project developer believes holds the key to unlocking the vast mineral wealth of the James Bay Lowlands of Northern Ontario.

The management of embattled miner Queensland Nickel on Thursday said it was doing all in its power to ensure the company remained afloat, despite rumors to the contrary.

A few days ago, Sudirman, the minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Department in Indonesia, claimed that the government would relax its regulations on concentrate export but maintain the original ore ban.

ASX-listed Botswana Metals has lodged three extension applications with the Botswana Department of Mines for prospecting licenses at its Maibele North nickel project.

Canadian mining company Sama Resources has obtained a new exploration license, contiguous to the nickel-copper-palladium Samapleu license, to explore for base metals over 80km2 land package in Cote d’Ivoire.

The London Metal Exchange (LME) will include ores and metal products in a new electronic system for tracking material stored outside its registered warehouses and may later expand to other commodities, an executive said.