DLA 840 tons LC ferrochrome in Jan 2012

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:41:00 GMT
In January 2012, the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency sold 840 tons of low-carbon ferrochrome is divided into two main specifications are the carbon content of 0.13% and 0.16%, these low-carbon ferroc...
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Stainless steelmaker Aperam forecast improved Q1 earnings after second straight loss

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:08:00 GMT
Stainless steelmaker Aperam forecast improved first-quarter earnings, helped by a market rebound and its own cost-savings drive, when reporting a second consecutive quarterly net loss at the end of...
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Worldwide stainless steel output to see continued growth

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:53:00 GMT
The global stainless steel industry will continue to grow as it has in previous years, Pascal Payet-Gaspard, secretary general of the International Stainless Steel Forum said Monday. In 2012 we are...
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Approvement of the Inoxum-Outokumpu tie-up

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:24:00 GMT
EU regulators might consider approving the Inoxum-Outokumpu tie-up to protect European stainless steel producers from the threat of growing stainless imports. The concept of Outokumpu is to consoli...
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Beneficiation of raw minerals to be government policy

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:03:00 GMT
At the Financial Times debate on the future of the SA mining sector on Sunday evening, Deputy Minerals Resources Minister-Godfrey Oliphant told beneficiation of raw minerals would be government pol...
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Glencore will pay premium for merger with Xstrata

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:50:00 GMT
Glencore is doomed to pay a larger premium than expected to seal its long-coveted merger with Xstrata, a move designed to defuse concerns among Xstrata investors about a cosy deal between the chief...
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Mechel's ferroalloy business witnessing slow growth in prices

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:38:00 GMT
In Q3 2011, Mechel's ferroalloy business is witnessing a slow growth in prices, offset by rapidly growing input costs. The business has been affected by the recent weakening of mining and geologica...
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Update on the Eagle's Nest Project

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:37:00 GMT
Noront Resources Ltd. announced the remaining results from the Company's 2011 exploration program and to provide an update on the Eagle's Nest Project at the Company's McFaulds Lake Project, in the...
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Ruukki will produce 150,000 tpy chrome in 2013

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:37:00 GMT
Danko Koncar-executive board member of Ruukki told that it doubled its Turkish chrome ore output in 2011. Ruukki has a number of mines in Turkey. The company improved production in 2011 to close to...
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Japanese ferroalloy imports decline 3.4% in 2011

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:20:00 GMT
According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's ferroally imports totaled 148,727 metric tons in December 2011, falling by 2.7 percent month on month and down 7.1 percent c...
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