[Ferro-Alloys.com]China's steel industry faces rising costs, shrinking demand and tight loans from banks. Those conditions made the sector's first quarter its toughest this century.

MIIT of China released 2014 goal of eradicating outdated & excessive industrial capacities:

Four people were confirmed dead in a coking plant gas explosion in north China's Shanxi Province on Saturday, the local government said.

Hebi Changhong Magnesium Co.,Ltd （Hebi Changhong）is located in Hebi City, Henan Province.

[Ferro-alloys.com]Jiangyin Xinjugang Cored Wire Co., Ltd.（Jiangyin Xinjugang ）is located in Jiangxin City, Jiangsu Province. It is one of the largest cored wire manufacturers of China. It could produce all kinds of cored wires including CaSi wire, Re wire, F...

Latest statistics showed output of FeSi was 449.4 thousand tons in China in March, moderately up 0.79% from March of 2013.

This week, prices have kept growing in the FeMo segment, although demand has not changed, according to traders? reports. Mo product suppliers do not sell to trading companies right now. Traders? inventories are depleted, so producers insist on substantial bonu...

Prices have been trending up in the European market for Mo products this week. Those for Mo oxide (57% Mo) have added $1/lb Mo w-o-w.