The #Cambridge #Graphene Technology Day – an exhibition of graphene-based technologies organised by the Cambridge Graphene Centre, together with its partner companies – took place, showcasing new products based on graphene and related two-dimensional materials.
Last month, the country’s top producer #China Northern Rare Earth High Tech Corp and five other main suppliers said that due to weak prices, they would produce around 10 percent less than their 2015 government-set output targets.
China is the world’s dominant producer of #RareEarths, accounting for 90 percent of global supplies.
“The cuts caused a short-term bump (in prices), but the real problem is that it’s only a small drop in the ocean,” said David Merriman, senior analyst at consultancy Roskill Information Services in London.
Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/06/rareearths-outlook-idUSL8N12U4A720151106#cGe1vyH72eHHGCRi.99
#PrimeMinister #JustinTrudeau’s decision to elevate #Climate change in his first cabinet threatens to deepen fissures between the incoming #Government and the #Energy industry.
#RioTinto said on Thursday it expects to see strong growth in #IronOre demand in countries outside of #China as the global seaborne market expands.
Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/05/rio-tinto-australia-iron-idUSL3N1301B020151105
North America’s only commercial #RareEarths producer, #MolyCorp, has on Tuesday filed a joint plan of reorganisation with #US securities regulators that could see it emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as either a restructured entity, or by selling substantially all of its assets.
Read more at: http://www.miningweekly.com/article/molycorp-files-two-tracked-plan-to-emerge-from-bankruptcy-2015-11-04
Imports of some corrosive-resistant #Steel from #China may be taxed as much as 236 percent based on the level of subsidies they receive, according to a preliminary finding by the #US #DepartmentOfCommerce.
Read more at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-03/u-s-commerce-finds-china-steel-subsidies-of-as-much-as-236-
#NPI producers in #China will be completely dependent on #Philippine ore, which is not sufficient to cover NPI capacity. #Chinese #StainlessSteel producers would have to rely more on other sources of #Nickel such as #Ferronickel or pure nickel,” said Samson.
Read more at: http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/international/top-philippine-nickel-miner-says-prices-may-hit-bottom/
#KyoceraCorp said it plans to doubles sales of solar panels and #LithiumIon storage systems outside of #Japan during the next year, including an effort to ramp up sales in the #US residential #Power market.
Read more at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2015/11/01/kyocera-to-ramp-up-solar-plus-storage-sales/
Project developer #PeakResources has started #Beneficiation at its pilot plant at the #Ngualla #RareEarths project, in #Tanzania.
Read more at: http://www.miningweekly.com/article/peak-starts-pilot-plant-at-tanzania-project-2015-11-02
#Canadian miner #Sherritt International Corp is planning deeper cost cuts at its two #Nickel mines as prices remain low for the metal used to make #StainlessSteel and production cuts that would boost prices prove stubbornly elusive.
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