International Ferro Metals has entered into a settlement agreement with Rustenburg Platinum Mines regarding its interests under a chromite supply agreement under which Rustenburg is obliged to supply UG2 chrome ore to IFM, the South African ferrochrome produce...

The Competition Tribunal has approved a request by South African industrial and base metals producer Zimco Group to lift certain conditions imposed by the Competition Commission in 2014, when it approved the merger of Zimco and lead anodes producer Atlantis Me...

[www.ferro-alloys.com] The January bidding price of high carbon ferromanganese 65# was RMB3350/mt by Chinese Shougang Steel, which is no change than last month, and the purchase volume was 1700 tons. The price of low-phosphorus low-silicon medium carbon ferrom...

[www.ferro-alloys.com] The quotation of silicon manganese 6517 reached its highest point of RMB4500/mt in China on January 20th of 2016. In total, the mainstream price of Chinese silicon manganese 6517 has risen as high as RMB400-500/mt during the past one m...

GOVERNMENT has set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to assist small scale chrome miners export the mineral.

Latin America iron and Steel Institute (Alacero) statistics showed, in the first eleven months of 2015, Latin America imported 7.6 million tons of finished steel from China, an increase of 2% year on year. Meanwhile, Chinese finished steel exports amounted ...

Japan's largest steelmaker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, has announced that the company has agreed supply of aircraft engine titanium alloy steel for France aero-engine manufacturer Snecma. Nippon Steel will be the first provided of titanium al...

According to statistics, in December 2015, Vietnam imported 265,000 tons of scrap steel, an increase of 20.1% year on year. The imports amounted to US$46.58 million.