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] 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...

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

It was acknowledged that Indian government had decided that on July 10th, 2014, they would pull up the import tax of Stainless steel flat products from 5% to 7.5%.

One of the largest manufactures in Taiwan, China--Fujian Fuxin Special Steel Co., Ltd, planned to enlarge its cold rolling plant which could produce 400thousan tons cold-rolled stainless steel coil every year. Now the Board has not passed the proposal and the ...