According to statistic National Bureau of Statistic of China, China export ... tons of silicon metal in June, up by ...% Y-O-Y, and materials were mainly shipped to S.Korea and Japan with quantities respectively at ... tons and ... tons.

Some Japanese steelmakers have started asking suppliers of ferroalloys, especially ferrosilicon, to provide chemical analysis certificates upon delivering material, Japanese traders said on Jul 25th.

The assay came from a 280 tonne bulk sample from the Ansongo deposit which has been shipped to a smelter in India.

The Brazilian company financing the bulk of the Mississippi Silicon plant said a “desperate” lawsuit by a competitor will not derail its efforts.

Russian ferrosilicon producer RFA International has escaped the imposition of US antidumping duties on ferrosilicon after the Department of Commerce awarded the company a zero percent dumping margin in its final determination of alleged dumping of the ferroall...

Mexican ferromanganese producer Minera Autlán reported net profits of 32.4mn Mexican pesos (US$2.62mn) in the second quarter of 2014, compared to a net loss of 84.1mn pesos in the prior year period.

After over six-month of heated debate over restrictions on mineral exports imposed by Indonesia in January, the newly elected government is offering mining companies in some tax cuts ton settle the dispute.

July 8th, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China released the first batch of outdated capacity, which should be closed before end of September and removed before end of this year.