Reduced Operation Rate Continued in China (March16th-March20th)

China's economy faces increased downward pressure this year but the slowdown is stabilizing, with employment and services among the bright spots, Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli said on Mar 22, 2015.

RNC incurred a net loss of $10.0 million ($0.10 per share) for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared to a net loss of $6.7 million ($0.07 per share) for the same period in 2013

Metals X Limited is an Australian based diversified metals producer and explorer, which operates in three divisions, representing the three priority metals: gold, tin and nickel. The

The expansion of FeSi capability in recent years was mainly driven up by the blooming demand from steel industry. Besides, under the Chinese policy of energy-saving and emission-reduction, the furnaces of small scale were eliminated, and those of over 30,000K...

Due to the gloomy market, the average operating rate in China kept as low as 50~60%. Some of the plants have stopped production for a long time. However, quite few plants are at full capability. Seen from the districts, Qinghai has a higher operation rate of ...

In recent week the LME nickel price continued to decline.on Mar.19th,LME Ni closed at USD13715/mt, down by USD300/mt than last week while the nickel stock increased by 966tons to 431,820tons. On Mar.20th, Jinchuan 1# nickel was quoted at RMB103300-103700/mt, d...

It was expected that the nickel ores price might further decrease. One reason was the purchase of FeNi from steel mills was weak; the FeNi price might further go down. Another reason was the total FeNi operating rate in China was low as in Jiangsu and Liaoning...