Vietnam Steel Association (VSA) has announced in 2015, Vietnam imported 13.7 million tons of steel products, an increase of 22.56% year on year, including more than 1.78 million tons of billet, an increase of 198% year on year.

THE government’s decision to lift a four-year ban on exporting raw chrome mid-last year gave hope to a sector that was on the verge of collapsing. It was sweet music to the ears of most artisanal chrome miners and companies who were stuck with piles of chrome...

The embattled Queensland Nickel on Monday announced that the company had gone into voluntary administration, as it struggled to stay afloat.

According to the customs statistics of Brazil, the total export volume of manganese ore in December 2015 was 222,210 tons (material quantity), down by 0.8% from 224,039 tons in the prior month.

Embattled nickel miner Queensland Nickel on Friday announced that 237 workers would be made redundant at its Townsville operations.

Zimbabwe’s largest ferrochrome producer, Zimasco, has approached the High Court seeking to be placed under judicial management. The company identified Grant Thornton managing partner Reggie Saruchera as the judicial manager.

International Ferro Metals might have overplayed its hand when it approved a business rescue plan to sell its smelting business to its neighbour, Samancor, although it knew that Rustenburg Platinum Mines , owned by Anglo American Platinum , could suddenly stop...

South Africa's mining production contracted 0.8% in November 2015 compared with a year ago, after contracting sharply by 4.7% in October, Statistics SA data showed.