[Ferro-Alloys.com]Plagued by financial stress and concerns of cheaper imports from China and Malaysia, the domestic ferrochrome companies have sought Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's intervention to restore the 30 per cent export duty on chrome ore and c...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]South Africa’s Chamber of Mines warned Wednesday that nearly half of its members were in loss-making territory as a result of a sustained rout in commodity prices, climbing costs, falling productivity and regulatory issues.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]India's index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector for the month of March 2016 has been recorded at 148.8 which is 0.1% lower as compared to March 2015. The cumulative growth for the period April- March 2015-16 over the corres...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chome ore and ferrochrome global output decreased marginally in 2015, which is a clear indication that the industry is going through a tough phase, with some major players facing financial difficulty. This is according to International Chromi...

Nazim Sheikh, Joint Managing Director, Sandur Manganese, expects iron ore production to shoot up to 1.6 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) from its current levels of 0.74 mtpa in a couple of months after it recently received environment clearences for the same.

[www.ferro-alloys.com] China’s steelmaker Hebei Steel has announced its price list in the domestic market for June. Hebei Steel decided to hold its prices of HRC, CRC and medium plate unchanged, and the prices of galvanized steel sheets will be hiked by R...

[www.ferro-alloys.com] On May 5th, the biggest producer of high carbon ferromanganese halted its No.2 furnace for overhaul from May to July, and the total supply decreased 11000 tons every month. There are only 10 companies producing high carbon ferromanganese...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] The market share of CaSi cored wires has shrunk largely. The benefits of steel mills are generally in poor condition. So it is hard for steel mills to choose