In a statement released Wednesday, Alcoa Warrick Operations spokesman Jim Beck said the number of layoffs have been reduced from an estimated 600 to about 325. He said the reduction is due to transfers and inducements offered by the company.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Although China’s major stainless steel mills lowered their tender prices for high-carbon ferrochrome again, the chrome ore prices kept relatively stable. China’s chrome ore stock in ports remained in the lowest level in recent years, which ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]New tender prices for high-carbon ferrochrome from China’s major stainless steel mills continued to fall this week, while the prices declined in a more moderate way compared with previous months. The prices failed to bottom out mainly due to...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Plants in China trying hard to push up price for pure Magnesium by holding back stock and refusing quotation.. how long will it work before we enter bear market again?

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Auto sales in China, the world's biggest auto market, fell 0.86 percent year on year to 1.58 million units in February, compared with a 7.7-percent gain recorded in January, data from an industry association showed

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Pilbara Minerals (ASX:PLS) has released a prefeasibility study for its Pilgangoora lithium-tantalum project in Western Australia. It expects the project to produce 330,000 tonnes of 6 percent spodumene concentrate and 274,000 pounds of tantal...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Vendome Resources Corp. (TSXV:VDR) announced that it’s entered into an agreement to acquire Geomap Exploration Inc.’s Clinton manganese project in British Columbia.

South Africa is the world’s largest producer of manganese by a long shot. In 2015, its output of the metal increased by 1,000 MT, rising from 2014’s 5,200 MT to 6,200 MT. The country also holds the largest reserves of manganese, at 200 milli