South32 has the world’s largest manganese ore business, the largest silver mine, alumina refineries and cost-competitive aluminium smelters.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In mid-May, LME Nickel price trend became weak after two weeks’ rebound.

12th China Ferro-Alloys International Conference, hosted by CCCMC and Ferro-Alloys.com will be held in May 27-29, 2015 in Shangri-La Hotel, Qingdao, China.Upto Now, about 100 conpanies has registered the conference, we listed part of the companies as follows,

From mid Oct 2014, domestic FeSi market experienced a ongoing slump. In May 2015, Hebei Iron & Steel Group’s 72# bidding price further declined to RMB5,100/mt, shrinking almost RMB750/mt compared to last year.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeMo was offered at RMB76,000-77,000/mt by acceptance. Steel mills pressed the tender price, so high-priced materials couldn’t be transacted. The major transaction price of FeMo was RMB74,500/mt by acceptance.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Steel major Tata Steel is active on the deal street, forging some crucial strategic transactions, Sources with direct knowledge suggest that Tata Steel is in talks to buy Visa Steel's ferro chrome unit to safeguard its chrome mining reserves ...

Ferro-Alloys.com]It is reported that BHP already unveiled new round manganese ore shipment to China.

In May, Guangxi Development and Reform Commission informed some policies about commercial powder, which is beneficial to electrolytic manganese metal production and promote this industry to develop.