[Ferro-Alloys.com] After the spring festival, there are more enquiries and spot goods become few lead the price increased, the increased range about RMB100/MT. because of dry season in southwest province Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou, many silicon industries hav...

Says HuffoPo. It is bullshit, of course, but lots of people seem to have fallen for it. I found the HuffPo link because mt posted it; and DA quotes FOE saying Trade agreement trumps climate accord: WTO rules against India solar program. As usual, the usual sus...

Weekly Stock of Chrome Ore in China's Main Ports (26-Feb-16)

West Des Moines is drafting its first ordinance regarding solar panel installation at homes and businesses.The Des Moines Register reports that the ordinance would dictate where the panels could be located and could require screening to shield their view from ...

Russia iron ore hot briquette iron (HBI) producer Metalloinvest company has announced in the 4th quarter of 2015, Metalloinvest’s iron ore production increased by 4.2% year on year to 10.09 million tons; those for iron ore shipments declined by 5.3% to 2.68 m...

In 2015, China's crude steel production has declined for the first time in nearly 30 years, China’s crude steel production was 8.04 billion tons, down by 2.3% year on year; those for scrap consumption has also declined for the first time. China’s scrap consu...

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI), an American specialty metals company, has announced its stainless steel flat products increase which will takes effect with shipments on February 29th; those for its 200 series, 300 series and 430 cold rolled stainles...

China's steel market demand has expected to improve gradually this year. Now the steel market supply and demand are also improving gradually, along with the market demand continues to recovery this year. In the meantime, steel production profitability impro...