[Ferro-Alloys.com] Chinese FeV50 was offered at RMB50,000-51,000/mt by acceptance. In late month, major steel mills increased tender volumes, but bids were as low as RMB50,000/mt by acceptance. Overseas FeV price stabilized.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]This week, LME prices wondered around US$10000, down-adjusted as a whole mainly affected by global economic uncertainties. In September 24, LME closed at US$9910/mt and its nickel stockpile in London Metal Exchange rebounded to 450,000 metric...

The past week saw a stable CaSi market. Major CaSi producers in Shaanxi and Ningxia quoted CaSi30 ex-work price at RMB 9,000—9,100 per ton and CaSi28 RMB 8,800—8,900 per ton.

It was a boom for five years. With high profit margins, easy availability of iron ore and coal, and better logistics, Odisha became a hot seat for sponge iron industry in India during 2005-2010, leading to mushrooming of sponge iron units – 95 of them. Howeve...

Chinese chrome smelting company, Afrochine’s Selous smelting plant is failing to reach full production capacity due to feedstock shortages, the company has said. The company is considering increasing production following the recent lifting of a ban on chrome ...

ZIMASCO says there is need for extensive exploration so more chrome ore bodies can be identified to enable cost-effective mining of the thin chrome ore seams of the Great Dyke.

THE government has placed a cap of 200,000 metric tonnes on raw chrome exports to end of December this year in a move aimed at enhancing viability of local smelting firms.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] China and international magnesium metal market were still not warm, the price few to the cost line and many industries almost operated loss profit. Although some industries offer high, it dealt few actually, because purchasers made a discoun...