Mining Weekly reported that Speewah Metals Ltd. (ASX:SPM) has upped its total resource estimate due to an upgrade at its Western Australian titanium-vanadium project. The estimate is now about 4.7 billion tons.
Bloomberg Businessweek reported that Anshan Iron & Steel Group has successfully acquired a loan for 14.6 billion yuan for a China-based vanadium project.
InvestmentU reported on investment opportunities in a growing vanadium sector.
Nanowerk reported that researchers have found an application for vanadium dioxide in energy efficient windows.
Mining Weekly reported that vanadium may have a key use in energy storage.
Platts reported that an increase in the need for steel-making materials is likely to increase demand for vanadium.
Steel Guru reported that Ruukki (LSE:RKKI) has developed a new way of separating vanadium from steel slag.
Mining Weekly reported that American Vanadium's (TSXV:AVC) executive chairperson Ron MacDonald sees vanadium as have an important role in the storage of energy.
The Tibetan Review reported that workers at Chengdu Steel & Vanadium went on strike demanding better employment terms.
Platts reported that Atlantic Resources (ASX:ATI) has produced the first ferrovanadium from its Windmurra project.
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