Reuters reported that Nickel Asia Corporation, the Philippines' largest nickel producer, is partly owned by Japan's Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Limited. The Southeast Asian country was the world's third biggest producer of nickel ore last year, behind

Reuters reported that the world's largest manganese mine, the GEMCO operation in northern Australia, is set to boost annual output to 4.8 million tonnes from 4.2 million from late 2013.

Reuters reported that miners from Chile to Indonesia have staged strikes to demand a bigger share of a global copper boom, stoking supply fears and boosting prices.

The Tanzanian government has planned a USD 400 million uranium mining project by Australian based Mantra Resources in the Selous Game Reserve, a project that will greatly boost the country’s economy.

Reuters reported that Kazakh miner Kazakhmys posted 7% dip in H1 copper production in line with expectations and said it was on track to meet its full year target of 300,000 tonnes after the second quarter saw improved grades and output.

Commodity Online reported that Mirabela Nickel Limited has sold 3909 tonnes of nickel in Q2 2011, up by 88% QoQ. Production at its Brazilian mine boosted by 20% to 3395 tonnes. However, cash costs also rose by 13% to USD 7.85 from USD 6.97 during the

Iron ore miner Vale announced plans to invest more than USD 6 billion in expanding its port, railway and potash production capacity to keep up with booming demand for raw materials in Brazil such as fertilizer, sugar and grains.

Namibia's Chamber of Mines wants the government to reconsider plans to impose a further 17% tax on exploration and mining firms in the southern African producer of diamonds and uranium, saying it would discourage investors.

Coal India Ltd is in advanced stages to acquire a 30% stake in an Indonesia coal firm. Mr NC Jha chairman of Coal India said that the company has sought the government's permission to go ahead with the deal, without revealing the target entity.

China Daily cited an industry official said China the world largest steelmaker and iron ore consumer has set a target of dramatically increasing ore imports from Chinese invested resources in the steel industry 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) Mr Li

UK coal inventories held by power companies fell in March to the lowest in almost three years after stocks were run down last year on weakening demand. According to figures from the Department of Energy & Climate Change, inventories were 9.6 million

Nambia?s ministry of finance said that Nambia plans to raise its mining tax by 17% to boost revenue, but the hike will not apply to the diamond sector. As per report the ministry of finance wants the mining tax to be raised to 44% from 37.5%.