Minera Autlan, North America’s largest producer of alloys used to make steel, plans to spend $150 million to build power plants as Mexico’s energy industry opens to competition.

The South Africa-centred ferrochrome production of diversified miner Glencore lifted appreciably in the third quarter due to the roar of its low-energy Lion II ramp-up in Limpopo.

REC Silicon is expanding polysilicon production at its Moses Lake facility as well as expanding silane production at its Butte facility, while restarting Silane I production. The company is also undertaking a feasibility study to establish a 20,000MT joint ven...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese vanadium pent oxide was offered at RMB67,000-68,000/mt (USD10,983-11,147/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The prices of silicon chromium kept stable in early November despite the declining prices of low-and micro-carbon ferrochrome.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeV stabilized at RMB78,000-79,000/mt (USD12,786-12,950/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance.

The Indian Bureau of Mines came out on Tuesday with a warning that the Asian powerhouse could face a critical demand/supply gap in the manganese market as soon as 2020.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] It is estimated that silicon manganese 6517 production cost in North of China already reached RMB5,800/mt, excluding enquipment loss.