According to the customs statistics of Brazil, the total export volume of manganese ore in October 2015 was 87,112 tons (material quantity), grossly down by 61.1% from 223,803 tons in the prior month.

Canadian Metals Inc. (The "Corporation") plans to significantly enhance its strategic options with the introduction of a Hybrid Flex concept for its planned ferrosilicon production plant

South32 (ASX:S32,LSE:S32) announced that its Samancor manganese joint venture’s South African mines will remain closed until the ongoing strategic review is completed.

<> Silicon Metal = The price of silicon metal has continued to decline since late October, and the prices of both low-grade and high-grade products have fallen.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Nickel smelter developers are putting projects on hold as they struggle to get financing with metal prices near their lowest in more than a decade, industry and government stakeholders said on Wednesday.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Nickel miner Western Areas has lost grid power to its Forrestania operations, in Western Australia, following a regional bush fire about 35 km from the mine site.

Competitive packages, in particular cheaper electricity, are the main pull factor attracting anchor investors to the Samalaju Industrial Park (SIP) located about 62km from Bintulu Central Business District.

Georgian American Alloys (GAA), Inc., headquartered in Miami, Florida, manufactures and supplies ferroalloys used in the manufacturing of iron and steel through wholly-owned US based subsidiaries Felman Production, LLC, Felman Trading, Inc., CC Metals & Alloys...