ASX-listed junior Gulf Minerals on Thursday unveiled plans to develop an alloy smelter facility in Indonesia with the aim of being a major ferromanganese producer by 2018.

In America, FeSi held at 97-99¢ per lb, ex-warehouse, week-on-week.

European Si metal prices were unchanged week-on-week.

In line with Moil Ltd's business practice of quarterly revision in the prices of manganese ore, the Company has fixed price of various grades of manganese ore for the quarter April-June, 2014.

In China, the silicon metal price continues to be at a high level, and the price as of the end of March rose by CNY200 - CNY300 from the end of last month.

[Ferro-alloys.com] KWG Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:KWG) ("KWG") is pleased to report that further laboratory tests on the reduction of the Black Horse chromite using natural gas have been completed. The results of these tests provide substantial encouragement ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Nickel Creek broke a seven-year hiatus with the release of its studio album "A Dotted Line" on Tuesday.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] It is reported that nickel prices posted the biggest quarterly advance since 2010 amid concern that world supplies will be constrained.