According to the statistics of US International Trade Commission, American ferroalloy export volume was 11,938 mt in October 2014, up by 17.4% M-O-M and up by 7% Y-O-Y. The total export volume in Jan-Oct of 2014 was 109,638 mt, up by 9.8% Y-O-Y.

In China, the market for 553 grade as a low-grade product stopped declining.

After winning the battle in the Odisha High Court (HC), Tata Steel has got the order of the Odisha government for third renewal of its Sukinda chromite mines in Jajpur district.

MOIL operates 10 mines, six located in the Nagpur and Bhandara districts of Maharashtra and four in the Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh.

On November 27, Japan Aluminium Alloy Refiners Association released the result of demand & supply for silicon metal and the result of production of secondary aluminium alloy products in October 2014.

State-owned chemical firm, China National Bluestar, has bought tier-one module manufacturer REC Solar ASA for NOK4.34 billion (US$639 million).

South African miners at a ferrochrome venture between Glencore and Merafe Resources reached an agreement to end a strike that will see the wages of the lowest paid workers almost double over the next three years, a union official said.

The $133 million contract will see Sedgman provide the design, supply, fabrication, construction, and commissioning of a sands benefication plant, port stockpile expansion, and associated infrastructure at the site.