China has released the first round of rare earth mining and smelting and separation quotas for 2024 in a joint announcement by the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Natural Resources on Tuesday February 6

After a consultation period which ended on Tuesday January 30, Fastmarkets has amended the chemical specifications and names of its MB-MNO-0001 manganese ore 44% Mn, cif Tianjin and MB-MNO-0005 manganese ore 44% Mn, fot Tianjin indices.

China Northern Rare Earth Group High Tech Co expects its net profit for 2023 to have decreased by 53.97-61%, the company announced on Monday January 29

The Chinese pulp sector faces supply disruptions and market uncertainty as Canadian mills consider closures amid falling prices

Brazilian soybean prices are under further pressure from another bumper harvest and weak Chinese demand

High stainless steel production in China in 2023 generated lofty imports of raw materials, including chrome ore, ferro-chrome, nickel pig iron (NPI) and ferro-nickel

A new heavy rare earth mineral was discovered in China’s Bayan Obo district, in Baotou city of Inner Mongolia, according to the daily news released by the country’s Baogang group

Oversupply caused by growing refining capacity in China overturned the fundamentals of the Chinese Class-1 nickel market in 2023 and the effects are expected to be extended and amplified in 2024, sources told Fastmarkets

Clearer standards are required in order to support the sustainable growth of its lithium-ion battery recycling sector

These changes are driven by the need to adapt to an uncertain market environment and a sluggish economy, especially with pessimistic steel demand from China’s real estate sector