[Ferro-Alloys.com]The South African ferrochrome industry could face a closure of smelters and possibly as much as 200,000 job losses due to higher electricity prices, an industry body said on Tuesday.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Pushed to the verge of closure on account of severe chrome ore crisis due to non-extension of mining leases, the ferrochrome industry in Odisha is crying for urgent attention.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Xufeng Xinchuang Limited is one of the largest ferroalloys producers in China. The company owns 10 furnaces of 30,000KVA, 5 furnaces of which have been put into the production of siliconmanganese and the annual output would reach 0.25 million...

Brazil’s Ferbasa said its sales of high carbon ferro-chrome totaled 6,602 tons in May, dropping by 38.8% year on year.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The extension of Tata Steel's Sukinda chromite mine has hit the wall of delay seemingly over a confusion within the state mines department over the status of the lease.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Armco Metals Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMCO), which is engaged in the sale and distribution of metal ore and non-ferrous metals throughout China, sees their revenues spike on inclusion of barley sales in China, upgraded to $2.50+ per share.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Struglling ferrochrome producer Zimbabwe Alloys is close to sealing a deal with a consortium of local and a foreign investors who could inject over $50 million in the company, The Source has established.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]One high-carbon ferrochrome producer, located in Inner Mongolia, currently holds a high-carbon ferrochrome project that includes two furnaces.