[Ferro-Alloys.com]Base metals prices apart from lead were in negative territory on Thursday, October 20, with LME aluminium around a one-month low after another rise in inventories this morning.

New generation beneficiation and trading company, Thakadu Resources has bought a 26% stake in fully integrated mine-to-market chrome producer ChromTech Holdings.

[www.ferro-alloys.com] Chinese iron ore futures surged 6 percent to the highest in more than two years on Tuesday amid rising steel prices, playing catch-up with the strength in coking coal.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Tungsten, also known as Wolfram, is a greyish-white metal having lustrous appearance with a good corrosion resistance properties.

[www.ferro-alloys.com] Vietnam's two largest steelmakers are readying to make multibillion-dollar capacity investments as the Southeast Asian nation tries to build up a domestic counterweight to its high dependence on Chinese steel.

[www.ferro-alloys.com] Chinese steel mills are becoming cleaner every month as Beijing pushes to curb its smoke-stack industries. But they’re not getting any leaner.

[www.ferro-alloys.com] China expresses desire to buy the Pakistan Steel Mills which Pakistan government wants to privatise due to the heavy financial losses the PSM has incurred in last few years.

[www.ferro-alloys.com] Chinese steel mills are becoming cleaner every month as Beijing pushes to curb its smoke-stack industries. But they’re not getting any leaner, reports Reuters.