Danakali secures financing for power plant at vast potash project in Eritrea

The electric motor company's plans to double the globe's battery output will up graphite demand 152%, but sourcing cobalt outside the Congo could prove difficult.

More bad news for the uranium market this week did not deter bargain hunters from returning to the sector in a big way on Friday chasing up shares across the board.

Liu Han, 48, was found guilty of 13 charges, including murder, running casinos and illegally selling firearms.

An initial 90-day moratorium on new prospecting permits could be extended if necessary, authorities said.

Perfectly timed launch of palladium ETFs also play huge role in the PGM's 16% price jump in 2014 to within striking distance of all-time high.

Iron ore prices came back from the dead Wednesday on worries over a shutdown of Australia's largest export port.

He said rivals BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, and Vale has put too much pressure on prices through their aggressive brownfields expansions.

Robert Friedland, executive chairman of the Vancouver-based company is pitching in himself.

This year iron ore is down 27% hitting a fresh low of $97.50 on Tuesday, echoing 2011 and 2012 when the price dropped by a third in a matter of weeks.