[ferro-alloys.com] AUSTRALIA said it expects iron ore prices to average $51.50 a tonne this year, down 20 per cent from 2017, because of rising global supply and moderating demand from top importer China as its steel sector shrinks.

[ferro-alloys.com] China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released the implementing measures of capacity replacement for the steel industry, which laid out stricter rules than its previous version that expired on December 31 last y...

[ferro-alloys.com] A UK research firm has named vanadium as the metal to watch in 2018 after its upswing at the end of last year.

Ferro-Alloys.com: Fengzhen is a county-level city within Ulanqab prefecture of Inner Mongolia in the China and it is said that 29 Ferroalloy plants and around 65 submerged arc furnaces were active at Fengzhen in 2017.

[ferro-alloys.com] A similar product to nickel pig iron (NPI) produced in Indonesia, FeNi Luppen, is set to change the global nickel supply pattern if Chinese stainless steel mills are receptive, SMM learned.

Ferro-alloys.com:A new report by BMI research says that refined nickel prices will continue to lose steam in the coming months due to increased supply from Indonesia.

[ferro-alloys.com] China’s steel purchasing managers’ index (PMI) in December stood at 50.2 points, down 2.9 points from November.

Ferro-Alloys.com: The bidding opens at the Pangang Group Huiyu Supply Chain Co. Ltd.