2015 was a terrible year for commodities, including metals, with prices continuing to tumble throughout the year based in the main on the slump in the price of oil, concerns about slowing growth in China, and the strengthening of the US Dollar which makes

They cover a 12,000 square km area and could be rich in gold, iron ore, tin and tungsten, among others

[Ferro-Alloys.com] In 2015，the total production of silicon metal in Yunnan was 584,390 tons, up (579,900 tons) 0.8% M-O-M, while cumulative production of silicon metal Xinjiang was 723,180 tons, in addition to silicon metal production in the third quarter sl...

Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced Feb 9, 2016, that a law reform bill related to the feed-in tariff policy has been approved by the Cabinet.

Up to February 15, Bloomberg survey shows that analyst forecast nickel price at $8857/t. Fifty percent of analysts predict nickel price between $8500-9000/t; 18.75 percent of analysts forecast nickel price between $9000-9500/t; 6.25 percent predict nickel pric...

Japan’s fourth largest steel mill, Nisshin Steel has announced that the company planned to set up a joint venture with Taiwan stainless mill, Jie Jin Material Science Technology and Marubeni-Itochu Steel. Taiwan Nisshin Precision Steel Co., Ltd. will be ab...

Nickel ore output in 2015 was about 1772900t, 130000t less than 2014. Since Indonesia carried out its ore ban, the nation’s nickel ore output slip. In December 2015, global refined nickel output was about 163300t and refined nickel consumption was about 16730...

South Africa Statistics Office released preliminary data, in December 2015, South Africa manufacturing output increased by 0.4% compared with the same period last year. In 2015, South Africa manufacturing output remained stable compared with the same perio...