Scotiabank’s Commodity Price Index has plunged by 10.5% month-over-month in August, to 91.3, which placed it 13.9% below the April 2009 bottom during the last recession and the lowest level since early 2005.

Gulf Manganese Corporation proposed 53 hectare block of land for its planned manganese smelter in Timor has been officially measured and issued with a Field Map reference catalogue number.

Horizonte Minerals said on Monday that it had bought Glencore’s Araguaia nickel project in Brazil for $8-million.

Afarak Group Oyj, formerly Ruukki Group Oyj, is a Finland-based company active in the steel sector. The Company’s business comprises two production divisions, FerroAlloys and Speciality Alloys, and a sales and marketing operation, RSC Limited. The

Late last week, the US Department of Commerce report¬ed preliminary duties on Australian silicomanganese. Last Monday, CRU Ryan's Notes noted that the preliminary duty was levied at 11.93%

Chinese chrome smelting company, Afrochine’s Selous smelting plant is failing to reach full production capacity due to feedstock shortages, the company has said. The company is considering increasing production following the recent lifting of a ban on chrome ...

Chinese chrome smelting company, Afrochine’s Selous smelting plant is failing to reach full production capacity due to feedstock shortages, the company has said. The company is considering increasing production following the recent lifting of a ban on chrome ...

ZIMASCO says there is need for extensive exploration so more chrome ore bodies can be identified to enable cost-effective mining of the thin chrome ore seams of the Great Dyke.