Both environmental protection and project profits were concerns for the company which is located in Shanxi, a coal-rich province of China.

Ferroglobe's combined silicon and manganese alloys shipments in 2019 slid 15% year on year to 926,077 mt.

Gao Xiangming, chairman of TISCO, said the company's R&D expenses account for about 5 percent of its annual sales revenue.

The composite index for coastal bulk freight edged down 1.6 percent week on week to 1,055.6, the SSE said.

The 2009 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5818 yuan per ton on June 2.

China's two leading manufacturing purchasing managers' indices, or PMIs, were both in growth territory in May.

GM to ramp up US, Canadian auto assembly plants June 1: company.

Russian plan for exchange scrap metal trading halted by coronavirus.