[Ferro-Alloys.com]= No.1 furnace is in operation and No.2 furnace is scheduled to start operation in July = On May 16, Sumitomo Corporation announced that Sakura Ferroalloys project as a ferroalloy business to produce ferroalloys in the

[Ferro-Alloys.com]South Africa’s Chamber of Mines warned Wednesday that nearly half of its members were in loss-making territory as a result of a sustained rout in commodity prices, climbing costs, falling productivity and regulatory issues.

Nazim Sheikh, Joint Managing Director, Sandur Manganese, expects iron ore production to shoot up to 1.6 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) from its current levels of 0.74 mtpa in a couple of months after it recently received environment clearences for the same.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Tasmania's major industrial companies could be back at full capacity within weeks after heavy rainfall lifted hydro-electric dam levels from record lows.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Manganese-focused Cancana Resources Corp (CVE:CNY) told investors its joint venture with Ferrometals, BMC continued to accelerate the project in Brazil.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The downturn in commodity prices is having a particularly negative effect on South Africa, especially manganese, platinum group metals, iron ore and coal.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]ASSMANG Proprietary Limited, a joint venture of African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) and Assore Limited, has announced the successful commissioning of the first of its two furnaces located in Sarawak, Malaysia.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]According to the customs statistics of Brazil, the total export volume of manganese ore in April 2016 was 126,962 tons (material quantity), drastically down by 30.0% from 181,362 tons in the prior month.