Afarak Group PLC Thursday (Aug 14th) said it swung to a profit in the second quarter on the back of a big rise in revenue and a jump in ferrochrome production, but it warned on its outlook for the remainder of the year due to low ferrochrome prices.

International Ferro Metals on July 17th said its ferrochrome production increased in its fourth quarter giving it record full-year production, but it warned on costs after it failed to receive a UG2 chrome supply during the period.

South African state-run power utility Eskom [ESCJ.UL] said it expected the system to be "extremely tight" on Monday night but it was seen stabilising the rest of the week as demand drops off because of a public holiday on Wednesday for elections.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Merafe Resources increased ferrochrome production from the Glencore-Merafe chrome venture by 28% Q1 2014 which ended on March 31 2014, the company’s CEO Zanele Matlala said on Apr 23rd.

[Ferro-alloys.com] KWG Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:KWG) ("KWG") is pleased to report that further laboratory tests on the reduction of the Black Horse chromite using natural gas have been completed. The results of these tests provide substantial encouragement ...

It is reported that Japan’s stainless steel mills have settled contract prices of low carbon ferrochrome at average USD...

Future Chinese ferro-chrome demand will be met by

Buyers of high grade material kept the high-carbon