Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, reports liquidating the Group’s ferroalloy division due to successful asset sales as part of the company’s strategy.

In Mid-July, Chinese calcium carbide market price kept stable except for slight decrease in some regions. Producers reported large stockpiles in their factories due to low demand from consumers and hard transactions.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In May,2014, China exported -mt FeTi, up -% compared with last May(-mt) and doubled from April (-mt).

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeTi30 price stabilized at RMB-/mt by acceptance.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Since early of July, Gabonese manganese lump ore already appeared tight supply, and limit spot aroused more participants’ conern

Ferro-Alloys.com] At present, silicon manganese market showed calm with steady quotation. For parts of areas in south, 6517 is quoted at RMB6,300-6,400/mt in Yunan, while 6,400-6,500 in Hunan. In north, silicon manganese 6517 lingers about RMB6,350-6,400/mt in...

Casablanca Capital LP said two independent proxy advisory firms have recommended shareholders of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc vote in favor of the hedge fund's bid to replace some of the members of the miner's board of directors.

It was acknowledged that Indian government had decided that on July 10th, 2014, they would pull up the import tax of Stainless steel flat products from 5% to 7.5%.