Venezuela has restarted production from the Loma de Niquel ferronickel asset it took from mining giant Anglo American (AAL.L) in 2012 after cancelling its licenses, data from an industry body showed this week.

Since the year 2005, nickel has been destructed as well as declining from the heights, the sudden and intense decline in the value of the metal, has caused massive closure of nickel mines, which in turn lead to large scale unemployment. The main reason behind ...

The 1-percent import tax on ferronickel was removed and inbound shipments of copper and aluminum will remain duty-free.

Pobuzhye Ferronickel Plant (Kirovograd region) has decreased its natural gas consumption 8 times. Prior to implementing the coal powder fuel the works consumed 11 million cubic meters of natural gas per month. Now it has decreased gas consumption to 1.5 millio...

In early Nov., one large FeNi producer in Jiangsu province had cut down 2/3 of the production. According to the source, as the the main reason was the weak FeNi market made the enterprises suffer great pressure.

Russia’s investment and industrial group Vi Holding may pour around US$1.5 billion into building mineral processing facilities in Indonesia, a Russian minister says.

It was reported that one 2,000,000 tonne per year nickel alloy and stainless steel project will be built in Hukou County, Jiangxi Province, China.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The market remains at the downtrend for both the stainless steel industry and alloys industry. The recent dramatic fall brought the price back to March 2014. The 5th MnCrNi & SSteel International Conference was held in Taiyuan on Oct. 17.