Prices of praseodymium-neodymium oxides, a type of light rare earth, increased for the fifth consecutive day as of May 14, lifted by stepped-up downstream stockpiling as demand resumes with the fading impact of the coronavirus pandemic. 

Southwest China's Yunnan province has unveiled detailed allocation of its first batch of rare earth and tungsten mining output quotas for this year. According to a circular issued by the province’s Department of Natural Resources on Wednesday, Yunnan issued 2,615 mt of mining quotas for tungsten concentrate and 12 mt for rare earth in the first batch for 2020.

China Southern Rare Earth Group, one of the six, state-owned rare earth mining groups in China, has raised the weekly listed prices for gadolinium oxide and holmic oxide while cut prices of erbium oxide. Overall demand for medium-and-heavy rare earth oxides remained weak. 

China will step up its fixed-assets investment in rail infrastructure, with a number of local governments, including Shanghai and Guangzhou, confirming to boost their spending in the sector, as the country moves to tackle the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

Alphamin Resources (TSXV:AFM) (JSE: APH) has introduced several measures to increase volumes at its Bisie tin mine in the DRC at a time when most tin operations around the world have been forced to close shop.

East China's Jiangsu province will accelerate its investment in new infrastructure projects in 2020, a move aimed at expanding information consumption and supporting the development of 5G networks, local authorities said in a press conference on April 15. 

Prices of prebaked anode in China, an essential material used in aluminium smelting, will face further downside risks after April as a negative impact on demand from the COVID-19 outbreak continues to weigh on prebaked anode profits.

The state-owned China Southern Power Grid company has planned to accelerate its investment in new energy vehicle charging facilities in the coming years, as part of the move to develop "new infrastructure" projects for boosting sustainable growth of the economy. 

China’s nickel ore imports from the Philippines, one of the major sources of ore supply, could be badly hit in April as the Philippines has suspended all mining operations in its nickel mining hub...

Prices of light and medium-to-heavy rare earth products mostly declined last week as the widespread COVID-19 overseas weakened investors’ prospects for demand and kept domestic consumers from...