[ferro-alloys.com] Vanadium prices have soared to their highest in nearly nine years due to shortages created by China's anti-pollution drive, which has meant the country importing the steel ingredient to meet its needs, traders said.

[ferro-alloys.com] Iron ore prices held steady above $79 per tonne on Tuesday on the back of a strengthening billet market a day earlier, when Chinese steelmakers began stoking production ahead of mandated cuts going into winter.

[ferro-alloys.com] Spot prices for ferro-vanadium and vanadium pentoxide consolidated their gains across China, Europe and the USA last week, underpinned by pockets of tightness and Chinese buying, both in and outside China.

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[ferro-alloys.com] Brazil’s proposed changes to its mining law and other related regulations are not only triggering a global uproar from environmentalists, which oppose the planned opening of more than 1 million acres of protected land to miners, but also am...

[ferro-alloys.com] NCOUVER (miningweekly.com) – A more than 40% increase in the price of vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) since December lows is invigorating the industry, just as it is poised to see significant new demand for thesteel-strengthening ingredient comin...

[ferro-alloys.com] Over the past three weeks, European spot ferrovanadium prices have jumped from about $28 per kilogram to $43, Jack Bedder of Roskill Information Services said via phone.

[ferro-alloys.com] Stainless steel consumption in Europe is better in 2017 compared to years past, SMM understands.