UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486; Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL; Moscow Exchange: RUALR), a leading global aluminium producer, announces plans to invest over USD10 million in the modernization of silicon production in 2015.

The Obama administration is considering an expansion of duties on Chinese solar products that has triggered complaints from a South Korean parts supplier that says it would be hurt.

The trade of si metal was inactive in mid-December in China. Si metal operating rate reduce sharply in the south of China.

Wuxiang Renxing Magnesium Co., Ltd., (Wuxiang Renxing) is one of the largest calcium metal manufacturers of China and it is located in Wuxiang County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province. According to the

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeW transacted at RMB155,000/mt (USD25,409/mt, export duty excluded).

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Minmetals released black W concentrates indication floor price for December at RMB88,000/mt (USD14,426/mt, export duty excluded), down RMB10,000/mt (USD1,639/mt, export duty excluded) from November.

Entering Dec., the low ferronickel price started to recover due to the tight supply. More discontinuous enterprises planned to recover the production. Now the low FeNi ex-works price was RMV2550-2600/mt, rising by RMB100 than early Dec.. However, in view of th...

since mid-2014, the low grade nickel ores spot price continued to decline. In Nov., the average monthly price of low grade Ni ore (Ni0.9-1.1%) declined to RMB230/wet mt, down by RMB150 compared with that of the highest point in Jun..