[Ferro-Alloys.com]According to Taiwan customs statistics showed in February this year, Taiwan exported 14,008 tons of welded steel pipe, an increase of 50%, compared with January 9327 tons.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]UK government to start anti-dumping investigation on imports of steel against China. Europe’s steel industry is facing big challenge such as local overcapacity,

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Ten-day historical volatility for iron ore futures is approaching 100% after averaging just 29% last year, brokerage Freight Investor Services said Wednesday.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Peabody Energy, the largest private coal company in the world, may soon file for bankruptcy, citing falling global demand and "substantial doubt" about its future.

The upward momentum in industrial metals (DBC) has amazed several analysts. After copper, aluminum, and zinc, iron ore has also joined the party.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China's low-carbon ferrochrome supply remains extremely tight and stockpile of major producer reaches lowest level in years, which pulls the prices higher. The producers are currently holding sufficient orders which they are unable to deliver...

Nickel's freefall may have halted as output cuts move the chronically oversupplied market towards deficit, but prices are unlikely to recover sharply unless more loss-making mines close.

Norilsk Nickel (OTCPK:NILSY) believes that current nickel spot prices are not sustainable. The nickel market showed low price elasticity in 2015, with production cuts coming mostly from Chinese nickel pig iron producers and a number of mines operating at neg...