PERTH – ASX-listed Pacific Nickel has appointed Haldane Morris as COO as the company moves to bring its Kolosori nickel project, in the Solomon Islands, into production as soon as possible.

Driven by the soaring price of downstream magnesium metal, the price of 75# ferrosilicon has climbed to around 8200-8400 CNY/T.

The company's saleable iron ore production remained flat against the previous year at 5.4mn t during 2022-23.

The 2305 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 7806 yuan per ton on April 17.

India's coking coal imports rose to a four-month high in January as competitive premium hard coking coal prices bolstered year-end buying interest.

A year on from the nickel crisis the London Metal Exchange (LME) is still struggling to regain trading momentum.

Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said in a video statement Volkswagen will build an electric vehicle (EV) battery ecosystem in Indonesia and will partner with Vale, Ford, Huayou.

China's steel exports rose by 59.7% year-on-year to 7.89 million tonnes in March 2023, according to China's General Administration of Customs.