Alcoa is keeping alive the dream of a billion-dollar expansion of its Wagerup alumina refinery in the South West after asking the State Government for more time to hold on to the all-important environmental approval.

CMSB also produces ferrosilicon and manganese alloys. recently, the CMSB acquired a 50%-stake in Sacofa Sdn Bhd, a telecommunications infrastructure provider.

Spot offers of 75%-Si ferrosilicon in Asia were mixed as Japanese sources said competition to win long term contracts had pushed down prices, while Chinese sources said offers were steady on the lack of trading interest after the week-long Lunar New Year holid...

Ukraine's biggest ferroalloy producer, Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NFP), saw ferroalloy output in January fall 9.9% year on year to 50,000 mt, UkrFa, an association of Ukrainian ferroalloy producers, said Friday.

Premier African Minerals has been notified that financier Darwin has converted a nine loan notes worth £232,500 into equity.

Brazilian miner Vale produced record amounts of iron ore, nickel, copper, cobalt and gold as it battled a slump in global metals prices by boosting output in search of greater market share. Results, though, were below what some analysts expected even as they h...

Credit ratings agency Fitch on Wednesday lowered Anglo American’s credit rating to junk status with a negative outlook, two days after Moody’s Investors Service made a similar assessment.

In Japan, the scarcity of the products due to a decrease in distributed products in the market including roundabout products is still ongoing, and the movement to struggle to secure the spot goods can be