Latest statistics of USITC showed US imported 13,363 mt of silicon metal (Si＜99.99%）in February of 2014,

Latest Statistics Norway showed Norway exported 22,200 mt of FeSi in March of 2014, slightly down 0.4% from 22,296 mt of February of 2014

In China, silicon metal price continues to be at a high level with the background of the demand being firm

the nickel price, which is used to make steel stronger and more resistant to corrosion and extreme temperatures, hit a 14-month high on Thursday then topped itself on Apr18th

KWG Resources has entered into an agreement to acquire 50% of two US provisional patent applications for the treatment of chromite ores.

In January, Japan produced 254,372 tons of stainless steel products, up by 0.6% and 12.2% on last December and last January respectively.

The price of cheap products of Chinese origin via the third country in the Japanese domestic market became a little bit higher than late March.

INSG made a presentation of the world's nickel production volume as the primary product in the calendar year 2013 being 1.94 million tonnes which represented an increase of 10.9% versus 1.75 million tonnes of the result in the calendar year 2012.