Latest Statistics Norway showed Norway exported 22,200 mt of FeSi in March of 2014, slightly down 0.4% from 22,296 mt of February of 2014

In China, silicon metal price continues to be at a high level with the background of the demand being firm

the nickel price, which is used to make steel stronger and more resistant to corrosion and extreme temperatures, hit a 14-month high on Thursday then topped itself on Apr18th

KWG Resources has entered into an agreement to acquire 50% of two US provisional patent applications for the treatment of chromite ores.

In January, Japan produced 254,372 tons of stainless steel products, up by 0.6% and 12.2% on last December and last January respectively.

The price of cheap products of Chinese origin via the third country in the Japanese domestic market became a little bit higher than late March.

INSG made a presentation of the world's nickel production volume as the primary product in the calendar year 2013 being 1.94 million tonnes which represented an increase of 10.9% versus 1.75 million tonnes of the result in the calendar year 2012.

Nickel production for the nine months ended March 2014 was broadly unchanged from the prior period, despite planned maintenance at both Cerro Matoso and the Nickel West Kwinana refinery in the March 2014 quarter.