Molycorp, Frontier open rare earths offices in Asia

Frontier Rare Earths, hoping to build a rare earths mine at its Zandkopsdrift project in South Africa, on Monday said it had opened an office in Shanghai, and hired a former China Minmetals manager with 18 years experience in rare earths. Vivian...

Guelb Moghrein mine, Mauritania

A copper/gold mine situated 250 km north-east of Mauritania’s capital, Nouakchott.

Many new lithium entrants as electric cars, consumer goods drive demand

When the global recession spilled like hot coffee on the collective lap of consumers worldwide, sales of luxury goods spiralled downwards, dragging lithium demand with them. The lithium market is dominated by industrial applications such as...

Lithium market sees many new entrants as electric cars, consumer goods drive demand

When the global recession spilled like hot coffee on the collective lap of consumers worldwide, sales of luxury goods spiraled downwards, dragging lithium demand with it.

Record production

A mining production record of 112 481 tons of coal was achieved in July last year.

Coal-miner in equipment-maintenance contract

Thermal coal producer Xstrata and Joy Mining Machinery have concluded a full maintenance contract (FMC) whereby Joy will proactively maintain its equipment at the coal-face.