Makers of ferrochrome, a key alloy used in making stainless steel, are planning expansion of their facilities to gear up for an expected increase in domestic demand instead of focusing mainly on exports to China that account for more than half of their annual ...

The crashing iron ore price has wiped more than $10 billion of value off Australia's four key pure-play iron ore miners so far this year, with Atlas Iron worst hit by the broad sell-off.

In September, 2014, Brazil exported 28849 tons of ferroalloy, up by 13.4% M-O-M and down by 23.3% Y-O-Y. In Jan-Sep, 2014, Brazil totally exported 286,635 tons of ferroalloys, up by 4.6% Y-O-Y. The materials including ferronickel, ferrosilicon and ferroniobium...

US Molybdenum mining company General Moly has posted net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2014 of US$3.2 million compared to net income of US$2.6 million for the same period of 2013.

Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc has posted molybdenum production from its Thompson Creek and Endako mines of 6.6 million pounds for the third quarter of 2014 and 21.9 million pounds for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.

Molycorp Inc has reported consolidated net revenues in the third quarter of 2014 of US$123.9 million, a 6% increase over the preceding quarter.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeMo price edged down, but the deals were limited. Downstream steel mills with bad situation pressed raw materials bids, FeMo60 transacting at RMB89,000-90,000/mt (USD14,590-14,754/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Overseas moly oxide price edged down, as the buying activities decreased a bit. Moly oxide price transacted at USD9.3-9.4/lbMo.