Severe floods happened recently in some parts of Hunan Province, one of the major EMM production regions of China. The flood was most serious in Xiangxi Autonomous Region.

Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, reports liquidating the Group’s ferroalloy division due to successful asset sales as part of the company’s strategy.

In Mid-July, Chinese calcium carbide market price kept stable except for slight decrease in some regions. Producers reported large stockpiles in their factories due to low demand from consumers and hard transactions.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In May,2014, China exported -mt FeTi, up -% compared with last May(-mt) and doubled from April (-mt).

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeTi30 price stabilized at RMB-/mt by acceptance.

Ferro-Alloys.com] At present, silicon manganese market showed calm with steady quotation. For parts of areas in south, 6517 is quoted at RMB6,300-6,400/mt in Yunan, while 6,400-6,500 in Hunan. In north, silicon manganese 6517 lingers about RMB6,350-6,400/mt in...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Since early of July, Gabonese manganese lump ore already appeared tight supply, and limit spot aroused more participants’ conern

Casablanca Capital LP said two independent proxy advisory firms have recommended shareholders of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc vote in favor of the hedge fund's bid to replace some of the members of the miner's board of directors.