The Competition Tribunal has approved a request by South African industrial and base metals producer Zimco Group to lift certain conditions imposed by the Competition Commission in 2014, when it approved the merger of Zimco and lead anodes producer Atlantis Me...

GOVERNMENT has set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to assist small scale chrome miners export the mineral.

Latin America iron and Steel Institute (Alacero) statistics showed, in the first eleven months of 2015, Latin America imported 7.6 million tons of finished steel from China, an increase of 2% year on year. Meanwhile, Chinese finished steel exports amounted ...

Japan's largest steelmaker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, has announced that the company has agreed supply of aircraft engine titanium alloy steel for France aero-engine manufacturer Snecma. Nippon Steel will be the first provided of titanium al...

According to statistics, in December 2015, Vietnam imported 265,000 tons of scrap steel, an increase of 20.1% year on year. The imports amounted to US$46.58 million.

Diversified spin-off South32 on Thursday reported that it was on track to meet production guidance for the majority of its upstream operations, despite reporting a drop in second-quarter and half-year output.

South32, the world’s largest manganese producer, said second-quarter output of the steelmaking ingredient fell by about a third after it halted mines and reviews operations to help weather the rout in commodities prices.

Power and Manganese Ltd's Palakkad Smelter has been taken for scheduled, long term maintenance and an overhaul of its furnaces.