Ferro chrome producers such as Jindal Stainless and Visa Steel have urged the government to re-impose 30% export duty on chrome ore as India’s insufficient reserves have been depleting fast.Chrome ore is used for production of ferro chrome, an important raw m...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]New tender prices for high-carbon ferrochrome from China’s major stainless steel mills were released in the week. Both Baosteel and Tsingshan Group raised their tender prices in April, while TISCO kept its tender price unchanged over March, ...

On March 31, 2016, the India Ministry of Commerce announced to impose temporary anti-dumping duties on Chinese seamless pipe, the taxes were difference between the CIF price and the reference price. Reference prices set according to the product specificati...

United States steel has announced to cut 25% of its employees in North America, in order to reduce costs. The company did not provide the exact number of layoffs. A company spokesman said, because of the tough market conditions, including price volatility, ...

According to China's National Development and Reform Commission data released, in January-February this year, China's crude steel production totaled 1.2107 billion tons, down by 5.7% year on year; steel production totaled 1.6228 billion tons, down by 2.1% year...

According to statistics showed in 2015, China's steel exports exceeded 1 billion tons for the first time. Among them, China’s steel pipe exports totaled 9.978 million tons, accounted 8.88% of total steel exports, an increase of 6.26% year on year, hit ano...

According to statistics showed, in February of this year, Japan’s rebar steel exports totaled 36,329 tons; the export prices were at US$319.95/ton FOB. During the first two months of this year, Japan’s rebar exports totaled 78,286 tons; the export prices ...

Global the biggest iron-ore exporter, FMG expected iron ore shipments will increase this year, due to the beneficial effect of weather factors. FMG predicted that shipments of iron ore in the first half of the year amounted to 84 million tons, and annual sh...