[Ferro-Alloys.com] Ukraine’s crude steel output dropped by 7% during the first five months to 11.38 million tons from the same period of last year, according to data released by the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] According to statistics, Japan’s imports of stainless steel products totaled 21,715 tons in April, falling by 4.7% from a month ago.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] National Copper Corporation of Chile (Codelco), the largest copper producer in the world announced that its copper output in the first quarter was around 383,000 tons, down by 0.3% year on year.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] It is reported that India’s Tata Steel and Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) have restarted most of their iron ore mines in eastern Odisha state after getting new permits from the state government.

A Chinese copper tubing company opened a plant in Alabama's Wilcox County recently, giving residents of the poorest county in America hopes for a better life.

Japan's Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp may consider investing in iron ore or coking coal mines from its nearly $1 billion warchest for overseas investments but won't bid for the U.S. plants of Russia's Severstal, an executive said.

The State Grid Corp of China, the nation's largest utility by sales, said on Tuesday it plans to seek private capital investment to establish a distributed power network and charging stations for electric vehicles. It's a step toward mixed ownership in State-m...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Russia's Inter RAO might build the world's largest coal-fired power plant to sell electricity to China in a sign of strengthening bilateral economic and political ties.