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Drilling intercepts at the Ying Mine add to Silvercorp’s resources and reserves

At the Ying Mine in China, Silvercorp Metals reported on Monday the results of a underground diamond drilling program that showed high grade silver, lead and zinc.

MINING.com Editor | January 26, 2011 | 10:39 pm

China to continue and update 2011 rare earths quotas-Commerce Ministry

Chinese officials say the country will continue with rare earth exports and are still pondering 2011 rare earth export quotas, but promise […]

Mineweb | January 20, 2011 | 6:00 pm

Toyota tries to pull the plug on rare earths

ETFdb reports that Toyota may find substitute for some of the rare earths it consumes: Toyota is sinking vast sums into research […]

MINING.com Editor | January 18, 2011 | 10:42 pm

We’ll save our copper smelting project, says China’s Xinjiang Xinxin

Xinjiang Xinxin to pull out all the stops to meet environmental regulations and get government go-ahead to build copper smelter.

Mineweb | January 17, 2011 | 10:44 am

Surplus predicted for nickel in 2011 – Sumitomo

A number of analysts are now predicting a nickel surplus this year as Chinese stainless steel growth slows and new nickel mine projects come on stream.

Mineweb | January 13, 2011 | 10:15 am

Chinese Experts to Study High-Tech Solutions for Coal Mine Safety in 12-Month Pilot at NYU-Poly

Kansas City Business Journal reports: With China’s accelerating economy heavily dependent on coal, mine safety has emerged as a national priority. Moving to […]

MINING.com Editor | January 11, 2011 | 3:21 pm

Japan’s trade minister wants to talk rare earths with China

Akihiro Ohata, the country's minister for trade said Wednesday he would like to visit China as soon as possible to discuss the secure supply of rare earths into Japan Japan's trade minister, Akihiro Ohata, said on Wednesday he would like to visit China

Mineweb | January 4, 2011 | 11:36 pm