[Ferro-Alloys.com]The chrome ore market ran stable last week with no changes in the prices. The current chrome ore prices reached the lowest in history. The prices are supposed to keep stable amid the unchanged downstream product prices.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China’s domestic high-carbon ferrochrome prices kept flat in mid-June, which remained the history low level; however the low- and micro-carbon ferrochrome prices slipped to almost the lowest level in history.

Western Areas acquired Glencore's Cosmos Nickel Complex, a project that will sit nicely alongside Western Area's existing Forrestania Nickel Operation in Western Australia.

Gulf Manganese Corporation’s (ASX:GMC) planned manganese smelter in Timor remains a highly attractive project with a redrafted study highlighting EBITDA of US$374.7 million over 10 years with an NPV of US$160.6 million.

Established in 2008, Hebi Haideli Metal Products Co Ltd has owned a range of products including calcium silk, calcium granule, calcium powder and cored wire with the first two as key products. 40 percent of their output goes to foreign market.

It is reported that Gerdau, the biggest producer of steel long product in Brazil, is expecting some recovery in steel demand in Brazil by 2016 due to weak economy activity and uncertain scenario in the short term.

According to a report released by Germany-based service center Damstahl, Europe’s stainless crude steel output totaled 1.9 million tons in January-March period, down by 7% year on year.

Japan’s steel product orders, including specialty steels ordered by the domestic steel consuming sectors totaled 6.02 million tons in April, up by 2.6% from a month ago and dropping by 0.7% year on year, according to statistic released by the Japan Iron and S...