According to statistic of Korea Customs, S.Korea imported 12,902 tons of silicon metal in July 2014, slightly up M-O-M and up by 30.8% Y-O-Y. The materials were mainly imported from China, Norway and South Africa with import volumes respectively at 10679 tons,...

Afarak Group PLC Thursday (Aug 14th) said it swung to a profit in the second quarter on the back of a big rise in revenue and a jump in ferrochrome production, but it warned on its outlook for the remainder of the year due to low ferrochrome prices.

According to the statistics of US International Trade Commission, America imported 14319 mt of silicon metal in June, 2014, up by 10.2% M-O-M. The materials were mainly imported from Brazil (6334mt), South Africa (2110mt), Australia (1368mt), Canada (1763mt), ...

As of end June, construction progress levels of plant and power substation are 71% and 96% respectively. OM Holdings Limited reports the progress of construction of the ferroalloy plant driven in Sarawak, Malaysia as follows.

The vanadium market is set to expand rapidly, says London-Aim-listed Bushveld Minerals, which is moving quickly to bring its low-cost high-margin integrated vanadium mining and processing plant into production on the northern limb of South Africa’s mineral-ri...

The International Molybdenum Association (IMOA) has published a study showing that lightweight components manufactured from advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) can reduce attributable greenhouse gas emissions by around 29% compared with traditional component d...

According to statistic of Japan Customs, Japan imported 268 tons of calcium carbide, down by 48.5% Y-O-Y. The materials were mainly imported from China with import volume at 206 tons.

Manganese miner OM Holdings (OMH) has reported solid production during the three months ended June, with the miner producing 225 095 t of manganese product, grading 36.35% at its Bootu Creek mine, in the Northern Territory.