UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486; Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL; Moscow Exchange: RUALR), a leading global aluminium producer, announces plans to invest over USD10 million in the modernization of silicon production in 2015.

The Obama administration is considering an expansion of duties on Chinese solar products that has triggered complaints from a South Korean parts supplier that says it would be hurt.

In China, the market for 553 grade as a low-grade product stopped declining.

On November 27, Japan Aluminium Alloy Refiners Association released the result of demand & supply for silicon metal and the result of production of secondary aluminium alloy products in October 2014.

State-owned chemical firm, China National Bluestar, has bought tier-one module manufacturer REC Solar ASA for NOK4.34 billion (US$639 million).

In a joint press conference 24 November in Oslo, REC Solar and Elkem informed about the transaction.

In China, a lot of low-quality products have been shipped from the producers which restarted operation after the long holidays of China National Day, and the supply pressure has been increasing. This is because the low-quality products which were by-products o...

MIAMI, Nov. 5, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. (Nasdaq:GSM) (the "Company") today announced results for the first quarter of fiscal 2015, ended September 30, 2014.