The early and mid September market of ferrosilicon was somewhat in the upward situation, with slight improvement of offers and traded prices. At present the majority of producers quoted FeSi75# at

An Alabama competitor to Mississippi Silicon, which is building a $200 million plant in Burnsville, came in too late with its challenge to an air quality permit for the plant, the Tishomingo County Chancery Court has ruled.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeV50 was offered at RMB79.000-80,000/mt (USD12,950-13,114/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. In mid-month, as downstream steel mills decreased buying volumes, the market was quiet. Still some steel mills made scattered tenders,...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]After the summer vacations ended, overseas moly oxide price slipped to USD12.5-12.6/lbMo. Many low-priced moly oxide materials hit European market, leading moly price to drop further. Some buyers expected that the demand for moly oxide to ris...

Chinese silicon metal price continued rising up in September with tight supply. The orders were fully arranged to October. Producers raised the offers for having no spot materials.

In 1986, Deng Xiaoping, launched the “863 program”, aimed to gain control of the rare earths market in the sector saying: “The Arab countries have oil, China has rare earths.” The 15 “rare elements” along with yttrium, scandium (‘15+2’), have the chara...

It is reported that Vale is likely to become the global biggest nickel supplier in the next two to three quarters.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]South Africa government has unveiled a large-scale supporting program for the domestic power suppliers who are in the difficult situation. South Africa National Grid will accept new equity and increase extra debts.