[www.ferro-alloys.com]China’s iron ore imports surged to the second highest on record in September, customs data showed on Thursday, as mills in the world’s top steel producer ramped up production amid healthy profits.

The attributable ferrochrome production of Merafe is on the rise, with the black-controlled JSE-listed company reporting upped output primarily on additional production from the low-energy Project Lion II furnaces of the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture.

Global steel demand will rise by a meagre 0.2 percent this year, according to the World Steel Association (WSA). Next year won't be much better with a forecast of just 0.5 percent growth.

we’re very pleased and I think it’s been a concerted effort operationally just to bring stability to operations with mining exceeding its core rate in the fourth quarter and year-on-year improving some 5.8% enabling us to achieve the PGM concentrate producti...

A three-part transaction was announced on Tuesday when Northam Platinum and Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) each outlined a mix and match deal that involves R1-billion in cash for a large platinum mining resource area on the western limb of the Bushveld Comp...

[www.ferro-alloys.com] Dongbei Special Steel Group Co Ltd, a State-owned steelmaker in northeastern China, started bankruptcy proceedings on Monday.

[www.ferro-alloys.com] Iron ore and steel futures fell in China on Monday as investors sold them off after a week-long holiday amid ongoing government efforts to curb property purchases, a campaign that some are worried may cool steel demand for construction p...

[www.ferro-alloys.com] South Korea’s largest steelmaker Posco Co. announced on Monday that it became the first among local steel mills to turn out 0.8 millimeter thick hot-rolled coil.