ZIMASCO says there is need for extensive exploration so more chrome ore bodies can be identified to enable cost-effective mining of the thin chrome ore seams of the Great Dyke.

Chinese chrome smelting company, Afrochine’s Selous smelting plant is failing to reach full production capacity due to feedstock shortages, the company has said. The company is considering increasing production following the recent lifting of a ban on chrome ...

THE government has placed a cap of 200,000 metric tonnes on raw chrome exports to end of December this year in a move aimed at enhancing viability of local smelting firms.

It was a boom for five years. With high profit margins, easy availability of iron ore and coal, and better logistics, Odisha became a hot seat for sponge iron industry in India during 2005-2010, leading to mushrooming of sponge iron units – 95 of them. Howeve...

ASX-listed Mirabela Nickel on Friday announced the appointment of administrators as tough market conditions persisted.

Bintulu Port Holdings Bhd (BPHB) will seek an upward tariff revision of between 20% and 30% in containerised and general cargo handling for Bintulu Port from the Federal Government.

On September 14, Elkem AS, a ferroalloy producer headquartered in Norway announced it would shut down the electric furnace for ferro-silicon which is the biggest at Elkem's Island plant for

Silicon Metal = In the Chinese domestic market, the price of low-grade products rebounds and the prices of mainly 553 grade and also 441 grade show an upward trend