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Besides the expected ramp-up in electric vehicle manufacturing, economists are predicting that rising global economic growth will make 2018 the year when base metals shine

[ferro-alloys.com] Mining executive Russell Hallbauer is palpably excited about the components that go inside electric cars.

Thursday, December 28, 2017

Bushveld Minerals completes US$11.1mln vanadium deal

[ferro-alloys.com] The price of vanadium has soared on predictions that the metal will be an electrolyte in batteries used for electricity storage at power stations

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Tungsten prices spike as Chinese output slows

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Solid demand in Japan and China likely to keep rally going Spot prices for a tungsten precursor were up 7% in mid-December from the previous month as production has fallen in China, which accounts for 80% of global output.

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Iran to impose iron ore export duty from March: report

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The Iranian government plans to impose a 10% export duty on non-concentrated iron ore from the beginning of the next Iranian year (March 21, 2018), according to a report by Steelprice, a domestic website close to the industry, citing Jafar Sa...

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Iron ore, coking coal prices are soaring

[ferro-alloys.com] Steelmaking raw materials made strong gains on Monday as Chinese mills, responsible for half the world's steel output, restock ahead of the resumption of full production at the end of winter.

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Separate stock exchange listing for Aura’s Sweden project

[ferro-alloys.com] HANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Dual-listed uranium and gold focused AuraEnergy has started the process to list its Häggån project in Sweden separately on multiple international exchanges to “maximise the value of the battery metal content...

Friday, December 15, 2017

Annual Blend Iron Throughput Reaches 10 Million Tons in Dalian

[www.ferro-alloys.com] When a Valemax ship named Shandong Dazhi arrived at the ore terminal of the Port of Dalian on Monday, the Port received 25 of Brazilian mining company Vale's 400,000-metric-ton vessels and its throughput of the Brazilian blend iron ore f...

Friday, December 15, 2017

China To Achieve Coal Capacity Cut Target Next Year

[www.ferro-alloys.com] China is likely to achieve its goal of reducing coal capacity by 500 million metric tons well ahead of the planned three to five years target, according to a top industry official.

Friday, December 15, 2017
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