[Ferro-Alloys.com] According to Peru’s Southern Copper, the company’s copper production is estimated at 800,000 tons in 2014, up from 670,000 tons last year.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] According to Stainless Steel Council of China Special Steel Enterprises Association (CSSC), China produced 5.084 million tons of stainless steel in Q1 2014, an increase of 15.42% compared to 2013.

During the first quarter, Brazil’s iron ore exports hit 71.8 million tons, up by 5.7% compared to the same period of last year. The export price was averaged at US$98.4/ton, dropping by 2.9% from the corresponding period a year ago.

Consolidation is deepening in China's solar-energy industry. Competition on the domestic market continues. Companies face global trade barriers.

It might seem odd to associate a Chinese solar panel maker with big name backers of the FIFA World Cup that starts next month - McDonald's Corp, Coca-Cola Co and Budweiser - especially when the country's team didn't qualify.

World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 137 million tonnes (Mt) in April 2014, an increase of 1.7% compared to April 2013.

New, cheap supplies from Australia, Brazil pushing global prices down Surging global supplies of seaborne iron ore will challenge Chinese producers of the raw material for steel, probably forcing some higher-cost capacity in the country to close, according ...

It was announced last year that 75 positions were to be axed at Tata Steel – the majority of these linked to the copper foundry plant.