On September 14, Elkem AS, a ferroalloy producer headquartered in Norway announced it would shut down the electric furnace for ferro-silicon which is the biggest at Elkem's Island plant for

Silicon Metal = In the Chinese domestic market, the price of low-grade products rebounds and the prices of mainly 553 grade and also 441 grade show an upward trend

BHP Billiton yesterday released a new Economic contribution and payments to governments Report as part of its long-standing commitment to transparency and voluntary disclosure.

Government has identified four potential international buyers of chrome ore while issuance of export licences to local producers has started, a senior official has said.

The commission's information document added that it has provisionally established that Indian material has been dumped in the EU, but so far has not established a "clear-cut causal link between the situation of the [EU] industry and the dumped imports from Ind...

Canadian Metals Inc. ( the "Corporation") (CSE:CME) is pleased to announce that it has retained Viridis.iQ GmbH (Viridis.iQ) to commence a Preliminary Economic Assessment Study (PEA) regarding the

South32 subsidiary TEMCO will defend its position in an ongoing anti-dumping investigation by the US Department of Commerce, after a preliminary ruling restricted imports of an alloy produced by the group.

Chrome ore mining companies are yet to benefit from the lifting of a ban on exports of chrome ore of up to 30 million tonnes amid indications that little will be exported this year pending finalisation of export licences.