Ferronickel producer and smelting company MCCI Corp., a subsidiary of Platinum Group Metals Corp., said it will spend $100 million to rehabilitate its smelting facilities and boost nickel production in the country.

disha Mining Corporation (OMC), a major chrome ore producer in the country, is considering a proposal to enter into long term ore supply pact with Jindal Stainless Ltd (JSL) for its Kalinganagar plant.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] In 2013, China totally exported 704,280 tons of silicon metal, up by 46.7% Y-O-Y. In H1 of 2014, China totally exported 389,898 tons of silicon mtal, up by 27.2% Y-O-Y.

2014 MnCrNi & SSteel International Conference, organized by Ferro-Alloys.com and supported by International Chromium Development Association (ICDA), will be held on October16th-18th, 2014, in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China.

World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 137 million tonnes (Mt) in June 2014, an increase of 3.1% compared to June 2013.

According to statistic of Japan Customs, Japan imported 13233 tons of silicon metal, up by 55.8% Y-O-Y.

According to the statistics of Japan Customs, Japan’s ferroalloy export volume was 21061 mt in Jun 2014, down by 5.8% M-O-M and up by 23.7% Y-O-Y.

EMM market in China was generally stable last week. In the manganese triangle area, mainstream ex-work price of manganese flake stayed around RMB 12500-12700/mt (USD2016-2048/mt).