It was a boom for five years. With high profit margins, easy availability of iron ore and coal, and better logistics, Odisha became a hot seat for sponge iron industry in India during 2005-2010, leading to mushrooming of sponge iron units – 95 of them. Howeve...

Chinese chrome smelting company, Afrochine’s Selous smelting plant is failing to reach full production capacity due to feedstock shortages, the company has said. The company is considering increasing production following the recent lifting of a ban on chrome ...

ZIMASCO says there is need for extensive exploration so more chrome ore bodies can be identified to enable cost-effective mining of the thin chrome ore seams of the Great Dyke.

THE government has placed a cap of 200,000 metric tonnes on raw chrome exports to end of December this year in a move aimed at enhancing viability of local smelting firms.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] China and international magnesium metal market were still not warm, the price few to the cost line and many industries almost operated loss profit. Although some industries offer high, it dealt few actually, because purchasers made a discoun...

Chinese chrome smelting company, Afrochine’s Selous smelting plant is failing to reach full production capacity due to feedstock shortages, the company has said. The company is considering increasing production following the recent lifting of a ban on chrome ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] this week, china silicon metal market kept stable and low grade silicon metal 553# and 441# demand increased, so the price increased about RMB100/MT, but chemical silicon metal dealt few because the downstream did not active to purchase more...

[Ferro-alloys.com] The price of ferrosilicon has been on the decrease since the late July, which makes most manufacturers hold pessimistic attitude towards the future market. So far, the price of 75# FeSi in main producing area is quoted at RMB 4,650 - 4,750/m...