Crude steel production in China will collapse by 23 million metric tonnes next year, according to the nation’s leading industry group. That’s equivalent to more than a quarter of annual output from the US. Supply from the top producer may drop 2.9 percent t...

Chinese SiMn Enterprises in Operation as of November 19th

[Ferro-Alloys.com] The current electricity price was RMB0.53-0.54/KWH in Guangxi province, and it is higher than the north area in China. The silicon manganese enterprises are suffering from three difficulties, which include low price of silicon manganese prod...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China’s domestic high-carbon ferrochrome continued its weakening trend in 2015. The prices was in a process of bottoming in the first half of 2015 with steady prices in the first four months, however, the prices started to dip continuously i...

International Chromium Development Association (ICDA) awarded Outokumpu’s operations in Kemi Mine, Finland, for the progress in safety improvements in contractors’ safety. The award is based on voting of ICDA member companies.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Grid power has been restored to nickel miner Western Areas’ Forrestania operations, in Western Australia. The Forrestania operations temporarily lost power following a regional bushfire some 35 km to the north of the mine site. Western Area...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] According to Djakarta news, an official in Indonesian Mining Ministry claimed that the government plan to build at least 7 new ferronickel smelters in on the basis of finalizing 8 smelters until year-end.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Recently,Hongwang Group offcials noted that the Shandong project has been preparing intensively and will begain testing in early December, after that the programme will be put into production at year-end with the assistant and cooperate from...