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The long-anticipated Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, West Africa, is finally living up to its promise, with shipment volumes climbing faster than many had expected. While chemical composition drawbacks suggest Simandou ores are unlikely to fully replace Brazil's Carajs fines (IOCJ) in productio
China's lithium carbonate production reached 101,200 tonnes in May, down 2.3% month-on-month. Compared with early-May production schedules, the final survey production was revised slightly higher, mainly due to some spodumene producers completing maintenance ahead of schedule, leading to higher actu
Daily crude steel output among the member mills of the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) declined during the last eleven days of May, with the tonnage lower by 4.6% or 80,000 tonnes/day from the middle ten days to average 2.01 million t/d, according to the latest release from the
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