[Ferro-Alloys.com]The state cabinet today approved an amendment to the long-term linkage policy for supply of iron ore and chrome ore to local end-use industries.

According to the statistics of Korea Customs, Korea’s ferroalloy import volume was 67,332 mt in March 2015, down by 17.8% M-O-M and down by 40.7% Y-O-Y. The total import volume in Q1 2015 was 262,894 mt, slightly down by 4.2% Y-O-Y.

He said the major sources of foreign investment came from Japan with RM5.1 billion in chemical products (polysilicon) and Japan/South Africa/Taiwan joint venture with an investment of RM1.25 billion in basic metal products (ferro manganese).

The Odisha government has decided to extend the leases of three of 11 mines under consideration with the state, including one of Adhunik group's Orissa Manganese & Minerals (OMM).

Vale's ?production in 1Q15 was marked by a strong operational performance in iron ore of 74.5 Mt – excluding iron ore acquired from third parties and Samarco’s attributable production – achieving the best performance for a first quarter, in particular for ...

The quantity of molybdenum concentrates produced at Bingham Canyon Mine by Kennecott Utah Copper during

BHP Billiton said that company’s manganese ore production increased by 14% in the first quarter to 2.049 million tons over the same period a year ago.

During third-quarter fiscal 2015, BHP Billiton achieved double-digit year-over-year growth in the productivity volumes of copper, iron ore, energy coal, manganese ores and manganese alloy. However, aluminum and nickel volumes failed to surpass the respective y...