International Chromium Development Association (ICDA) awarded Outokumpu’s operations in Kemi Mine, Finland, for the progress in safety improvements in contractors’ safety. The award is based on voting of ICDA member companies.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China’s domestic high-carbon ferrochrome continued its weakening trend in 2015. The prices was in a process of bottoming in the first half of 2015 with steady prices in the first four months, however, the prices started to dip continuously i...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Grid power has been restored to nickel miner Western Areas’ Forrestania operations, in Western Australia. The Forrestania operations temporarily lost power following a regional bushfire some 35 km to the north of the mine site. Western Area...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] According to Djakarta news, an official in Indonesian Mining Ministry claimed that the government plan to build at least 7 new ferronickel smelters in on the basis of finalizing 8 smelters until year-end.

South32 (ASX:S32,LSE:S32) announced that its Samancor manganese joint venture’s South African mines will remain closed until the ongoing strategic review is completed.

<> Silicon Metal = The price of silicon metal has continued to decline since late October, and the prices of both low-grade and high-grade products have fallen.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Nickel smelter developers are putting projects on hold as they struggle to get financing with metal prices near their lowest in more than a decade, industry and government stakeholders said on Wednesday.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Nickel miner Western Areas has lost grid power to its Forrestania operations, in Western Australia, following a regional bush fire about 35 km from the mine site.