Increase in the Production of Ferrochrome in Plain and Bordered White Banner

Smelter engineering firm Metix, a subsidiary of the German privately owned SMS Group, has commissioned the second set of furnace electrodes at the Lion ferrochrome complex Phase 2 (Lion II) expansion project, in Steelpoort, Limpopo, which is owned by the diver...

FERROCHROME producer ZimAlloys requires between $24 million and $30 million to fix three of the firm's dilapidated furnaces to ramp production and turnaround its fortunes. An Indian investor is carrying out due diligence on the company after which the investor...

Eskom said the risk of rolling blackouts on Wednesday and the rest of the week was low after engineers had made good progress in repairing the coal supply at a power station after a weekend accident.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]IFM's ferrochrome production in the third season of 2014 was 48,216 tonnes, down 16% on the previous quarter due to planned annual maintenance.

The Lion ferrochrome smelter owned and operated by the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture, uses 37% less electricity than conventional ferrochrome processes to produce the equivalent volume of ferrochrome.

The total ourput of Glencore's ferrochrome production was 287 kt in the third season of 2014, lower than 335 kt and 317 kt in the first two seasons.

Like in so many other industrial commodities, China has surprised the world by the speed at which it has grown manufacturing capacity of ferrochrome, a stainless steel making ingredient. The surprise in this case is more since bereft of chrome ore, the Chinese...