Chinese silicon metal market kept stable in the first 10-day of July with prices of products being firm except for slightly decrease for 553#.

China will start levying tariffs on some imported steel products, which are re-exported after processing, from July 31 as part of efforts to tackle overcapacity in the country's bloated steel industry, the finance ministry said on Jul 11th.

It is reported that Russia’s MMC Norilsk Nickel said that the company has entered into an agreement to sell its Black Swan/ Silver Swan assets located in Western Australia.

According to data released by the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF), the global stainless steel output amounted to 10.2 million tons in January-March, rising by 6.1% quarter on quarter and increasing by 6.8% year on year.

Sierra Rutile Limited (SRX.L), a producer of titanium feedstock industrial minerals, said that it produced 27,842 tonnes of rutile in the second-quarter of 2014, up 3% from 26,898 tonnes of rutile last year.

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Orion Metals (ASX:ORM) has returned high grade copper-gold results from its Broughton Creek Project in Queensland and has also extended the size of its Mt Surprise tin, tungsten and rare earth elements project.

A North Carolina group is calling on local residents to press Mississippi regulators to hold a hearing on what it believes is health risks connected to a silicon metal plant under construction in Tishomingo County.