China's stainless steel mills face higher costs for essential ingredient ferrochrome if, as expected, South Africa goes ahead with proposals to impose taxes on exports of chrome ore to help protect its smelting industry.

MINERALS COUNCIL COMMENTS ON MEASURES TO SUPPORT THE CHROME VALUE CHAIN,Comprehensive “toolbox” of measures required to improve the competitiveness of the entire Chrome Value Chain.

The Omani Public Authority for Mining is weighing whether to extend or cancel dozens of permits for the mining of chromite that have long been "dormant" inactive, as its license holders have not developed or used these mines.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Chrome mining company, Zimasco and the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) have entered into a partnership that has seen the former hiring two locomotives from South Africa to augment the parastatal’s capacity to move chrome ore from the mi...

Glencore’s venture with Merafe starts job cuts

[Ferro-Alloys.com] JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa will allow mines to operate at up to 50% capacity during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, according to amended regulations published on Thursday.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Bhubaneswar: TS Alloys, a subsidiary of Tata Steel Ltd, on Tuesday bagged the Sukinda chrome mine in the mining auction in Odisha.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Bhubaneswar: Despite unprecedented lockdown due to the Coronavirus, Odisha government has decided to go ahead with the auction of two mining blocks as per the schedule. While the auction of Sukinda Cromite mines will be held today, the aucti...