[Ferro-Alloys.com] South Africa's main export terminals will be closed to mineral exports from midnight on Thursday when a nationwide 21-day lockdown over coronavirus begins, disrupting copper supply from major producer Zambia.

China Magnesium industry sees a overall stability in 2019.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Japanese miner Sumitomo Metal Mining said on Wednesday it aims to boost its annual copper output through its shareholding to 300,000 tonnes by 2030 under its new long-term vision. The target compares with 250,000 tonnes projected last Novemb...

Magnesium imports from Israel threaten to injure US industry: US ITC

The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of magnesium from Israel that are allegedly subsidized and sold in the United States...

Pivately-owned Alliance Magnesium has received C$12-million in funding from the federal government to support the second phase of demonstrating its technology to extract magnesium from asbestos tailings.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Turkish magnesium producer Esan Eczacibasi has reached about 25% of its capacity of 15,000 mt/year as it ramps up its plant in Eskisehir, the plant's director, Ilhan Goknel, said.

Metal businesses, whether in steel or aluminum, have two distinct business models. One is the integrated model, like erstwhile Alcoa, and secondly, we have the disintegrated model (separate upstream and downstream). Both these models have pros and cons, but th...