ONE of Australia’s biggest nickel mines has been temporarily shut as its owner, First Quantum Minerals Ltd, investigates the cause of a processing-plant rupture that resulted in a chemical spill.

Reuters reported that refined tin shipments from top exporter Indonesia fell to their lowest level in at least eight years at 464.98 tonnes in November, down 93% from the previous month.

It was acknowledged that Eramen Minerals had already recovered the nickel ores production. the person in charge said they planned to sell the nickel ores from Jan. of 2015. There would be about 3-4boats nickel ores in Jan. and all of them would be medium or hi...

Mr. Li Xinchuang, president of China Metallurgical Industry Planning & Research Institute, Vice Secretary General of China Iron and Steel Association was invited to the conference as the honored speaker in this conference.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Chinese FeV50 was offered at RMB74,000-75,000/mt (USD12,131-12,295/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Chinese FeMo price kept steady, but the tender price of steel mills maintained low level. In early month, FeMo deals resumed to quietness, transacting at RMB88,000/mt (USD14,426/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance.

According to the investigation of www.ferro-alloys.com，electrolytic manganese metal (EMM) market in China continued to drop last

In recent week, the nickel ores purchase was still active in Chinese market. The medium and high grade nickel ores price further increased along with the decreasing stock.