Fastmarkets' UG2 chrome ore price strengthened in China on Friday February 15 ahead of stainless steel production restarts after Lunar New Year, while alloy prices in Europe and the United States fell. UG2 records modest gainFerro-chrome prices hold in ChinaAlloy prices tick up in Japan, South KoreaAlloy prices weaken in Europe UG2 chrome ore prices edged up in China on Friday on anticipation of...Read More
The Chinese markets for domestic and export ferro-silicon rose in the week ended Friday February 15 on renewed demand after the Lunar New Year holiday, while the European market is stable, with traders offering alloy at about ?,?20-30 per tonne below producer offer prices. Firm fundamentals a springboard for Chinese prices, with more price strength seen in the near term European price held...Read More
Ammonium paratungstate (APT) and ferro-tungsten prices were unchanged in Europe last week with China slowly coming back to the market following the Lunar New Year holiday, while the concentrate price continued to gain support from tight supply. APT market quiet; bearish sentiment continues Concentrate price continues to gain support from tightening supply Ferro-tungsten prices in Chin...Read More
Mike Mooney, professer and Grewcock Chair of Underground Construction and Tunneling at Colorado School of Mines, was recently interviewed by NBC News Mach for a story about Norway's proposed "floating tunnel." The submerged roadway, along with new bridges and conventional tunnels, would connect the cities of Kristiansand in the south and Trondheim in the north -- a trip that currently requires som...Read More
Eight months after the start of construction of its Whabouchi project in Quebec, Nemaska Lithium (TSX: NMX; US-OTC: NMKEF) says it will cost an additional $375 million to complete the spodumene hard rock mine and electrochemical plant - a 34% increase over estimates in a feasibility study in January 2018.The announcement on Feb. 13 sent the company's shares plunging 35.6%, or 19.5 ?, to 35.5 ? api...Read More
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Brazil is prohibiting a specific type of tailings dam after two of those structures owned by miner Vale SA burst in recent years, causing death and environmental devastation.All so-called upstream dams need to be decommissioned or removed by August 2021, according to a resolution the National Mining Agency, or ANM, published on Monday in the nation's official gazette. Dam owners have until Aug. 15...Read More
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By Laura Millan Lombrana(Bloomberg) - Just weeks after the police unit was formed, they caught their first glimpse of the copper thieves - the silhouettes of a group of men on a hill overlooking the rail lines - triggering a car chase at the dead of night across Chile's Atacama desert.While the pursuit ended in failure, with the gang disappearing into the dark at full speed, at least the police ha...Read More