On April 28, Japan Aluminium Alloy Refiners Association announced the result of demand & supply for silicon metal and the result of production of secondary aluminium alloy products in March 2014 as well as in the fiscal year 2013.

The Troubles About FeSi as Roundabout Products Come up to Surface

The ferro-vanadium and vanadium pentoxide markets have become disconnected in Europe, as it becomes less commercially viable to buy oxide for conversion, according to a trader.

Shaw River Manganese has completed the surface sampling program at its Otjozondu Project, in Namibia.

Guangqing Nickel Industry Co. started construction of its 600,000-tpy ferronickel project in Indonesia, Hexun.com reported May 2.

South African state-run power utility Eskom [ESCJ.UL] said it expected the system to be "extremely tight" on Monday night but it was seen stabilising the rest of the week as demand drops off because of a public holiday on Wednesday for elections.

After extending its investigation into European polysilicon by six months late last year, China’s Ministry of Commerce has finally imposed anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imports of polysilicon, a raw material used to make solar panels, from the Europ...

Platts assessed the spot price of 553-grade 98.5% silicon metal at $2,130-2,160/mt CIF Japan Thursday, narrowing from $2,120-2,200/mt CIF last week in thin trade ahead of Japanese public holidays over May 3-6.