ASM starts share trading

Newly spun-out Australian Strategic Materials (ASM) started trading on the ASX on Thursday, opening at a price of A$1.25 a share.

ASM on Thursday also reported that its Korean joint venture partner ZirconTech had successfully completed the first production run of neodymium (Nd) metal at its commercial pilot plant, producing 7.6 kg of Nd from its patented process in South Korea.