ZIMBABWE Alloys stands to unlock about $225 million from the export of three million tonnes of chrome ore over five years if Government grants the company’s application for an export licence.

According to the statistics of US International Trade Commission, American ferroalloy export volume was 9,052 mt in Jun 2015, slightly down by 4.8% M-O-M and down by 6.9% Y-O-Y. The total export volume in H1 of 2015 was 53,991mt, down by 18.5% Y-O-Y. The mater...

Railways utility Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) reports that it will spend R176-million during the annual maintenance shutdown of the

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It is reported that Japan’s stainless steel mills have settled contract prices of high carbon ferro-chrome at average US$116 cents/lb in the third quarter of 2015, holding steady from the previous quarter.

Brazil’s manganese ore export volumes fell 14.8% in July on an annual basis, as increased volumes sent to China and Norway were not enough to offset decreases in shipments to France and Venezuela.

Mining contractor Thiess has been awarded a $160-million contract from diversified miner BHP Billiton’s Nickel West division, to undertake operations at the Rocky’s Reward nickel mine, in Western Australia.

Base metals project developer Royal Nickel Corporation continued yo make steady development progress on its Dumont nickel project, in Quebec, having chalked up several critical milestones over the past several months.

CIMIC said its mining contractor Thiess has won a $160m contract with BHP Billiton's Nickel West for work at its mine in Western Australia