(Reuters) – Newmont Mining Corp said on Monday it was expected to resume copper concentrate shipments from Indonesia this week after receiving an export permit from the government, signalling the end of an eight-month tax dispute.
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Toronto (CAN) September 21, 2014. Mineral development investment news. The Ethiopian Mineral Development Share Company signs MoU on joint development with CVMR Corporation. –
London: Do you believe that a person travelling in a high-speed rocket would age more slowly than people back on Earth?
Giving a thrust to the “time-dilation” effect, physicists have verified a key prediction of Albert Einstein’s special theory of relativity with unprecedented accuracy. Clocks made of lithium ions helped the researchers to do so.
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China’s development of the corrosion-resistant metal tantalum commonly used in electronics has developed rapidly in recent years, owing to local manufacturers’ commitment to research and development efforts, the China Science Daily reports, with one factory having become particularly successful.
While over 40 Chinese manufacturers are currently in the business of chemical materials and knowhow for tantalum’s applications in electronic devices such as mobile phones, a factory in northern China accounts for about 60% of the global tantalum market, the report said.
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A new report by Allied Market Research titled, “3D Printing Market in Emerging Economies (China, India, UAE, Brazil, South Africa) – Size, Industry Analysis, Trends, Opportunities, Growth and Forecast, 2013 – 2020”, indicates that the 3D printing market in emerging economies would reach $4.5 billion by 2020 registering CAGR of 37.4% from 2014 to 2020.
South African business leaders are more likely to encourage creative behaviour, this is according to the GE Global Innovation Barometer.
The GE Global Barometer identifies drivers and deterrents of innovation and analyses perceptions around innovation.
About 3,100 business executives were interviewed by phone for the GE Global Innovation Barometer in 25 countries.
Read more at: http://www.cnbcafrica.com/news/southern-africa/2014/09/17/innovation-ge-barometer/
Beijing’s ban on Vale’s giant ore carriers has been practically lifted after China Cosco Holdings’ landmark deal with the Brazilian miner last Friday over a 25-year freight contract that involves 14 of the massive ships known as Valemax vessels, a person familiar with the matter said.
Read more at: http://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1593491/cosco-vale-deal-end-giant-ore-carrier-ban
It is possible that the nickel price will increase further in the next two and a half years but not certain as Indonesia’s export ban is old news by now. Furthermore there has emerged speculation that Chinese traders in Indonesia bypass the government’s export ban by labelling nickel ore as iron ore in order to continue nickel exports (causing a larger global nickel).
After implementation of Indonesia’s mineral ore exports ban, the Philippines has emerged as the main supplier of nickel ore to China’s massive nickel pig iron (NPI) sector.
Tin producers in Indonesia, the largest exporter, are holding out for sales of the metal above the benchmark spot rate in London to try to counter a decline in prices to the lowest level in more than a year.
Read more at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-12/tin-smelters-in-indonesia-seeking-600-premiums-to-london-rate.html
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