China’s announcement that rare earths export quotas for the second half of 2014 are the same as 2013, show the country’s reluctance to comply with WTO’s ruling. However, the moderate increase in quotas compared to H1 2014 suggests a slowly reviving demand i...

Severe floods happened recently in some parts of Hunan Province, one of the major EMM production regions of China. The flood was most serious in Xiangxi Autonomous Region.

Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, reports liquidating the Group’s ferroalloy division due to successful asset sales as part of the company’s strategy.

In Mid-July, Chinese calcium carbide market price kept stable except for slight decrease in some regions. Producers reported large stockpiles in their factories due to low demand from consumers and hard transactions.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In May,2014, China exported -mt FeTi, up -% compared with last May(-mt) and doubled from April (-mt).

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeTi30 price stabilized at RMB-/mt by acceptance.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Since early of July, Gabonese manganese lump ore already appeared tight supply, and limit spot aroused more participants’ conern

Ferro-Alloys.com] At present, silicon manganese market showed calm with steady quotation. For parts of areas in south, 6517 is quoted at RMB6,300-6,400/mt in Yunan, while 6,400-6,500 in Hunan. In north, silicon manganese 6517 lingers about RMB6,350-6,400/mt in...