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.
The world’s top exporter of coking #Coal, #BHPBilliton , said plans to develop a massive mine in #Borneo will hinge on a revision of #Indonesia’s mining rules, including on compulsory divestment and contract extensions.
Read more at: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/10/30/bhp-indonesia-coal-idUKL3N12T3SX20151030
The “demonstrator relies on a highly porous, ‘fluffy’ #Carbon #Electrode made from #Graphene (comprising one-atom-thick sheets of carbon atoms), and additives that alter the chemical reactions at work in the #Battery, making it more stable and more efficient,” said a statement from the #UniversityOfCambridge.
#Australian miner #Lynas Corp Ltd. is weighing a bid for bankrupt rare-earths producer #Molycorp Inc. as the company begins drawing interest from potential buyers in #Asia and #Europe.
Read more at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-27/lynas-weighs-bid-for-molycorp-as-potential-suitors-begin-talks
The discovery that it was possible to produce #Graphene #Semiconductors without the need to chemically dope the #Carbon sheets was the result of trying to produce graphene films using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on a #Nickel substrate.
Read more at: http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/materials/the-new-wrinkle-in-graphene-is-wrinkles
The #NewCaledonian government has approved a single company’s bid to start exporting low-grade #Nickel ore to #China.
The collegial government considered four applications but only authorised the company #MKM to sell 300,000 tonnes of ore in the next 18 months.
Read more at: http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/288153/new-caledonia-to-export-nickel-ore-to-china
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