In order to celebrate 25th birthday, ISSDA (The Indian Stainless Steel Development Association) held its 25th year celebration event on 6th & 7th November 2014 in New Delhi. On Nov. 7th, 2014, the conference opened in the Hotel “The Grand”, New Delhi, India.

Minera Autlan, North America’s largest producer of alloys used to make steel, plans to spend $150 million to build power plants as Mexico’s energy industry opens to competition.

The South Africa-centred ferrochrome production of diversified miner Glencore lifted appreciably in the third quarter due to the roar of its low-energy Lion II ramp-up in Limpopo.

REC Silicon is expanding polysilicon production at its Moses Lake facility as well as expanding silane production at its Butte facility, while restarting Silane I production. The company is also undertaking a feasibility study to establish a 20,000MT joint ven...

The Indian Bureau of Mines came out on Tuesday with a warning that the Asian powerhouse could face a critical demand/supply gap in the manganese market as soon as 2020.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Organized by ICDA (International Chromium Development Association), “Chromium 2014” was held in New Delhi, India on Nov 5, 2014. India, one of ICDA’s sponsoring countries, is a major chrome ore and ferrochrome supplier in the world.

According to the statistics of Japan Customs, Japan’s ferroalloy export volume was 15260 mt in September of 2014, down by 4.9% M-O-M and down by 25.6% Y-O-Y. The total export volume in Jan-Sep of 2014 was 180437 mt, up by 11.6% Y-O-Y.

According to statistic of Japan Customs, Japan imported 173.4 tons of calcium carbide, down by 28.4% M-O-M and down by 33.1% Y-O-Y. The materials were mainly imported from China with import volume at 132 tons.