[Ferro-Alloys.com] Nickel smelter developers are putting projects on hold as they struggle to get financing with metal prices near their lowest in more than a decade, industry and government stakeholders said on Wednesday.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Nickel miner Western Areas has lost grid power to its Forrestania operations, in Western Australia, following a regional bush fire about 35 km from the mine site.

Competitive packages, in particular cheaper electricity, are the main pull factor attracting anchor investors to the Samalaju Industrial Park (SIP) located about 62km from Bintulu Central Business District.

Georgian American Alloys (GAA), Inc., headquartered in Miami, Florida, manufactures and supplies ferroalloys used in the manufacturing of iron and steel through wholly-owned US based subsidiaries Felman Production, LLC, Felman Trading, Inc., CC Metals & Alloys...

South32 says South African Samancor JV mines will remain closed until review completed.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] On November 10, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. announced its consolidated business results in the period from April to September in 2015.

Spot offers of 75%-Si ferrosilicon in Asia slipped this week amid a dearth of buying interest and competition from indirect shipments of Chinese material via Vietnam -- an unofficial channel, sources said a couple of days ago.

Oman's Gulf Mining Ferro Alloys plans to double high-carbon ferrochrome production at its Sohar plant by building two new furnaces there, a company official said couple of days ago.