Embattled nickel miner Poseidon Nickel is considering a standalone gold facility at its Windarra project, in Western Australia, while nickel prices remain in the doldrums.

South 32, the 60% JV partner with Samancor Manganese, increased its saleable manganese ore production by 18% in its September 2015 quarter, but dropped its alloy production by 45%.

Manganese production for the first quarter of the 2016 financial year was up 15% on the previous quarter to 1.4-million tonnes, as the Australian manganese operations delivered record output, as plant availability and feed rates improved at Gemco. Manganese pr...

Nickel miner Western Areas has reported its highest quarterly output since the December 2013 quarter, as its Spotted Quoll mine, in Western Australia, achived record production in the quarter ended September 30.

Brazilian Vale, the world's largest iron ore producer announced, the company produced 88.23 million tons of iron ore in Q3 this year, an

[Ferro-Alloys.com]According to the Russia State Statistics Committee (Russtat) showed in January-September of this year, Russia produced 39.8 million tons of pig iron, an increase of 4.4% year on year, Russia produced 52.5 million tons of crude steel, down by ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]According to Japan Iron and Steel Association data showed in September of this year, Japan’s crude steel production totaled 8.573 million tons, decreased of 2.5%. Meanwhile, Japan’s daily crude steel output was 285,800 tons, an increase of ...

Zimbabwe‘s largest ferrochrome producer, Zimasco has started scouting for a private company to process 40 000 metric tonnes of chrome ore fines currently stockpiled at its Kwekwe smelter plant.