Nickel miner Western Areas will defer nearly A$32.6-million in capital expenditure from 2016 to 2017 as it battles the sustained decline in nickel prices.

After a slight rise, price for metal calcium stayed flat. Facing current market, companies chose different options.

A planned US$233 million manganese mine at Matthews Ridge, Region One by Canadian firm Reunion Gold Corporation is at a standstill having been affected by the economic slowdown in Asia and other parts of the world making it difficult for the company to find fi...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese W concentrates price stabilized, but transaction was weak.

Under the TPP, nickel products would also benefit from Japan eliminating a 3% tariff within ten years. The country had also agreed to cut tariffs of up to 7.9% within ten years for petroleum products and Vietnam was expected to drop tariffs of up to 30% within...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeW was quoted at RMB122,000/mt by acceptance.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Henan Xinjinhui Stainless Steel released its latest tender price of high-carbon ferrochrome in October, with the new tender price at RMB5,800/T Cr 50% basis

TSX- and NYSE MKT-listed PolyMet Mining has received the first tranche of $6-million under a $30-million loan facility due on March 31, 2016, giving the project developer about $10.3-million working capital to advance its NorthMet copper/nickel/precious metals...