Shanxi province in northwest China has suspended the approval of new ferroalloy, aluminum and steel projects in 2016 as part of air pollution control plans, the provincial government said Wednesday.

Ukraine reduced ferroalloy output 7% year-on-year in Q1 to 228,700 tons,

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Ukraine's exports of ferroalloys in January-February fell 15.9% on the year to 130,490 mt from 155,140 mt in the same period a year ago, the state statistics service reported Wednesday.

Those for exports in February, US exported 6241 tons of high-carbon ferromanganese (c->2%), an increase of 11%. February low carbon ferromanganese (c-<2%) was 915 tons, an increase of 336% month on month.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]According Russia customs statistics, in January of this year, Russia's ferroalloy exports totaled 43,185 tons, down by 34.5% month on month

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The ferroalloy production in Kazakhstan in January-March amounted to 443,053 tons, which is 1.8% less than in the same period of 2015,

[Ferro-Alloys.com]According Russia customs statistics, in January of this year, Russia’s ferroalloy exports totaled 43,185 tons, down by 34.5% month on month to 65,926 tons.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]According to the United States Department of Commerce announced in January this year, United States imported 131,689 tons of ferroalloy, an increase of 103%, while exports were 8120 tons, an increase of 4%.