Domestic steel mills may benefit from lower iron ore and coking coal costs in the current year but sustained weakness in demand still remains a concern, ICRA said.

Ferro-Alloys.com:News coming from West Australian where the Treasurer Ben Wyatt says

[ferro-alloys.com] Glencore (LN:GLEN) is emerging from a period of consolidation with an enviable balance sheet and insulated cash flows, putting a major M&A tilt back on the table for the first time in years, according investment bank Jefferies.

[ferro-alloys.com] Chile's Molymet, the world's largest processor of molybdenum, sold 36.2 million lb of molybdenum products during the first quarter, down 15.5% year on year, the company said.

News coming from West Australian where the Treasurer Ben Wyatt says he will not give up on a push to get BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto to "cash out" the production levy despite the miners telling him in meetings over the past 48 hours that they are not on board w...

[ferro-alloys.com] Vanadium prices fell quarter-on-quarter in 2015, with European FeV80 prices averaging around US$13.5/kg in Q4 that year. Prices have not been that low, in nominal terms, since 2003. The following year saw a slow but steady increase, with pri...

[ferro-alloys.com] By Saqib Iqbal AhmedNEW YORK, May 25 (Reuters) - The dollar steadied against a basket of major currencies on Thursday, a day after Federal Reserve minutes that dialed down some expectations of the central bank hiking interest rates soon.

[ferro-alloys.com] Ecuador is quickly gaining ground as a mining investment destination in Latin America thanks to a revised regulatory framework and a major investor engagement campaign that has already attracted around 420 applications for concessions in les...