Myanmar has banned rare earth exports to China

This is set to boost prices of medium-to-heavy rare earth products significantly in the new year

Indonesia released second list of companies allowed to export nickel ore

This came after the government explicitly allowed nine companies to resume nickel ore exports earlier this month

Philippine likely to halt mining in its top export area for high-grade nickel ore 

Dwindling resources will make it harder to explore new mines

Tin smelters to cut 10% production

Major Chinese tin smelters have agreed to slash production by a combined volume of 20,200 mt

Update: Tangshan likely to further loosen steel production curbs in Sep

In the first 25 days of Sep, 16 steelmakers are likely to be required to cut sintering and pelletising capacity by 20%