Makers of ferrochrome, a key alloy used in making stainless steel, are planning expansion of their facilities to gear up for an expected increase in domestic demand instead of focusing mainly on exports to China that account for more than half of their annual ...

The crashing iron ore price has wiped more than $10 billion of value off Australia's four key pure-play iron ore miners so far this year, with Atlas Iron worst hit by the broad sell-off.

In September, 2014, Brazil exported 28849 tons of ferroalloy, up by 13.4% M-O-M and down by 23.3% Y-O-Y. In Jan-Sep, 2014, Brazil totally exported 286,635 tons of ferroalloys, up by 4.6% Y-O-Y. The materials including ferronickel, ferrosilicon and ferroniobium...

US Molybdenum mining company General Moly has posted net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2014 of US$3.2 million compared to net income of US$2.6 million for the same period of 2013.

Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc has posted molybdenum production from its Thompson Creek and Endako mines of 6.6 million pounds for the third quarter of 2014 and 21.9 million pounds for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.

Molycorp Inc has reported consolidated net revenues in the third quarter of 2014 of US$123.9 million, a 6% increase over the preceding quarter.

According to the statistics of US International Trade Commission, American ferroalloy export volume was 10,167 mt in September 2014, slightly up by 1.5% M-O-M and up by 14.4% Y-O-Y. The total export volume in Jan-Sep of 2014 was 97,700mt, up by 10.2% Y-O-Y.

MIAMI, Nov. 5, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. (Nasdaq:GSM) (the "Company") today announced results for the first quarter of fiscal 2015, ended September 30, 2014.