In the mid of September, the steel mills’ purchase and bidding reach a conclusion and the FeSi market gradually resumes its peacefulness again. Currently, the main producing area offers the 75# at the price of RMB 4,800 – 4,900/mt while the price of 72# is R...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Three quarters of silicon metal market downturn in 2015, since September, metallurgical, chemical grade silicon metal market kept stable, the price rose slightly but unsatisfactory. This week 553# without oxygen price rose slightly, 553#, 44...

Weekly Stock of Chrome Ore in China's Main Ports (11-Sep-15)

The contraction in base metal prices and related commodities, which have shown a declining trend since 2013, has accelerated in recent months thanks to a culmination of macro and industry-specific factors, prompting risk management firm Moody’s Investors Serv...

Zambia’s mining industry is successfully navigating “challenging times” characterized by a power deficit, falling international commodity prices and, until recently, an unsustainable mining tax legislation, says professional services company KPMG.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] In general, the mainstream ore continuously shares a large proportion of total manganese ore imports in China, and the non-mainstream ore discontinuously shares a small proportion. During the past decades, the import volume of Australia, So...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Prices of ferrochrome, chrome ore's major downstream product, continued to fall in September, hitting a 10-year low without positive support in the coming month, adding that some ferrochrome producers cut their outputs or shut down their plan...

It is expected that base-metals miner First Quantum Mineral’s Enterprise nickel mine will start operation later this year or in 2016, depending on nickel market conditions.