The Chinese silicon market has made further gains in the past week on tight supply as the metal’s production in southern China has been hit by power shortages. Reduced power supply is the result of a serious drought, which has impacted water levels ...

The Chenzhou environmental protection department has shut down smaller smelters without environmental assessment. And local authorities have also disposed of raw materials and equipment from the suspended smelters in a bid to avoid further pollution in ...

The week bought something of mixed bag of news for the minor metals sector, those that supply it and in the economies they depend on. As the United Kingdom digested better-than-expected employment figures, Nissan said construction of its advanced lithium-ion ...