South32, the world’s largest manganese producer, said second-quarter output of the steelmaking ingredient fell by about a third after it halted mines and reviews operations to help weather the rout in commodities prices.

Global metals prices are likely to remain low in the medium term as it could take years for producers to run out of financing for loss-making assets, the deputy CEO of Norilsk Nickel, the world’s No 1 nickel and palladium producer, told Reuters. Prices for ni...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Since the end of November went to the dry season in Sichuan province and Dehong region of Yunnan executive dry season price since Dec. 1, most local silicon plant in late November and early December stopped produced, significantly reduce sili...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]According to statistics, Chinese silicon metal production was 174,730 tons in December 2015, compared with 22,270 tons in November continue to drastically reduce 21.39%.

Power and Manganese Ltd's Palakkad Smelter has been taken for scheduled, long term maintenance and an overhaul of its furnaces.

[www.ferro-alloys.com] The mainstream quotation of high-silicon silicon manganese 6027 was RMB5200/mt. As is proved by the CEO of Ningxia Jinjin Ferroalloys Company, the demand for high-silicon silicon manganese 6027 was sluggish, and the price shows a trend o...

The Price of Silicon Metal 553# without Oxygen Kept Stable

Nickel led base metals higher in London, rebounding after two weeks of losses prompted by concerns over financial turmoil in China, the biggest consumer of commodities. Metals benefited from gains in equity markets and the currency in the Asian country on Mond...