A Large Graphite Deposit Discovered at Shuangyashan Heilongjiang
26/02/19 | Graphite
Ifeng- Phoenix News Network After four years of exploration, the Heilongjiang Nonferrous Metals Geological Exploration Bureau has discovered a super-large graphite deposit in Xigou, Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang. A total of 62 graphite (flake graphite) ore bodies were discovered with total graphite resources at 335.52 mln t (industrial grade) and mineral…
Safety Operation Checks Across IM
26/02/19 | Zinc
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News 25th February: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Security Committee called an emergency meeting on safety operation inspection across the entire region, in a bid to analyze problems exposed by the mine tunnel traffic accident at Yinman Mining on 23rd February and to prevent similar accidents in future…
Major Traffic Accident at Yinman Pb/Zn Mine Tunnel in IM
26/02/19 | Zinc
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News 23rd February: A major traffic accident occurred at the Yinman Lead and Zinc mine in IM, during transportation of workers to the underground mine site. The vehicle ran out of control due to brake failure, causing 24 deaths and 29 injuries. Yinman Mining is a subordinate…
600 t of NPI Output Reduction in IM
22/02/19 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News Operations at several NPI smelters in IM may be interrupted by electricity supply limits in January 2019. Of all the producing areas, Fengzhen is most affected. In October 2018, at a time when the electricity supply problem was most serious, 20% of NPI output was curtailed…
Domestic PCs for Zn Concentrates Rise
20/02/19 | Zinc
China Nonferrous Metals News Processing charges (PC) for zinc concentrates surged by RMB 500/t on-month in January 2019 to RMB 5,900/t, an eight year high point. Looking forward, domestic PCs are expected to climb further to RMB 6,000/t. Due to limited smelting capacities at major large smelters – and despite…
New NPI Projects Coming on Line
20/02/19 | Nickel
China Nonferrous Metals News New NPI projects are gradually coming online in both China and abroad. At present, two blast furnaces at a NPI smelter in eastern China have come online and generated output in January. A third blast furnace at the same smelter commenced raw materials feed in early…
Domestic Zn Inventory Increases
13/02/19 | Zinc
China Nonferrous Metals News 11th February, the first trading day after the Chinese New Year Holiday, zinc futures prices at SHFE fell rapidly by RMB 695/t or 3.12% from the previous point, closing at RMB 21,610/t. As of 11th February, domestic zinc inventory (zinc ingots) was 189.6 kt, an increase…
30 ktpy W Mining Permit for Xianglu Guangdong
30/01/19 | Tungsten
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM – 27th January: Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. announced that its subsidiary Longxintai Mining Co., Ltd. at Dayu Jiangxi recently obtained a safety production license for tungsten mining. The license permits the company to mine 30 ktpy of tungsten ore per annum and is valid…
China Imported 2.2 mln t of Ni Laterite in December
28/01/19 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China imported 2.2 mln t of nickel laterite in December 2018, down 31.2% on-month and down 12.8% on-year. Of the total, imports from the Philippines dropped by 53.4% on-month to 876 kt and Indonesia imports lifted by 2.2% on-month to 1.23 mln t. Looking forward to…
