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Global refined nickel consumption was 1,891 thousand tonnes in 2015, increase of 1% over 2014. The marginal increase was mainly due to weak economic activity in China that resulted in slower investment growth in the infrastructure and residential sectors....

Russia plans to significantly increase the volume of domestic niobium production in the coming years, that will be achieved through the expansion of the existing production and processing capacities. As part of these plans, production will be accelerated on...

Stillwater Mining Company announced that it has entered into an agreement with Sibanye Gold Limited , under which Sibanye will acquire Stillwater for $18.00 per share in cash representing an aggregate enterprise value of $2.2 billion. The $18.00 per...

On behalf of Saarland’s steel industry, SHS Ventures, a venture capital company, has acquired a stake in Mapudo GmbH, an independent trading platform for steel traders based in Düsseldorf. The investment in the single digit million range has taken...

A persistent fear of diminishing phosphorus reserves has pushed mining companies to search far and wide for new sources. Companies identified phosphate deposits on the ocean floor and are fighting for mining rights around the world. Countries in southern...

Anglo American plc announces it has reached agreement with China Molybdenum Co. Ltd  to sell its Niobium and Phosphates businesses for a total cash consideration of $1.5 billion . The total consideration will be payable to Anglo American at...

As of October 1, 2016 China Molybdenum Co will own Anglo American’s niobium and phosphates businesses in the Brazilian states of Goiás and São Paulo. Specifically, CMOC bought Fosfatos Brasil Limitada and Nióbio Brasil Limitada, as well as the...