[Ferro-Alloys.com]Vital Metals (ASX:VML) is focused the Watershed Tungsten Project in North Queensland, which remains a development-ready project that is fully permitted and has all landowner and Indigenous agreements in place.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The ultra-deepwater drillship Tungsten Explorer received extension of its employment contract with another two years until October 2018. The Vantage Drilling’s vessel was currently working under contract in the Gulf of Guinea and West Africa...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]According to statistics showed in January this year, Brazil’s ferroalloy export reached 39,256 tons, an increase of 8% month on month.

Alcoa is keeping alive the dream of a billion-dollar expansion of its Wagerup alumina refinery in the South West after asking the State Government for more time to hold on to the all-important environmental approval.

CMSB also produces ferrosilicon and manganese alloys. recently, the CMSB acquired a 50%-stake in Sacofa Sdn Bhd, a telecommunications infrastructure provider.

Spot offers of 75%-Si ferrosilicon in Asia were mixed as Japanese sources said competition to win long term contracts had pushed down prices, while Chinese sources said offers were steady on the lack of trading interest after the week-long Lunar New Year holid...

Ukraine's biggest ferroalloy producer, Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NFP), saw ferroalloy output in January fall 9.9% year on year to 50,000 mt, UkrFa, an association of Ukrainian ferroalloy producers, said Friday.

Premier African Minerals has been notified that financier Darwin has converted a nine loan notes worth £232,500 into equity.