The Chinese magnesium market is widely expected to come under short-term downward pressure from ample supplies.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] South Africa's main export terminals will be closed to mineral exports from midnight on Thursday when a nationwide 21-day lockdown over coronavirus begins, disrupting copper supply from major producer Zambia.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Japanese miner Sumitomo Metal Mining said on Wednesday it aims to boost its annual copper output through its shareholding to 300,000 tonnes by 2030 under its new long-term vision. The target compares with 250,000 tonnes projected last Novemb...

The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of magnesium from Israel that are allegedly subsidized and sold in the United States...

Pivately-owned Alliance Magnesium has received C$12-million in funding from the federal government to support the second phase of demonstrating its technology to extract magnesium from asbestos tailings.

Metal businesses, whether in steel or aluminum, have two distinct business models. One is the integrated model, like erstwhile Alcoa, and secondly, we have the disintegrated model (separate upstream and downstream). Both these models have pros and cons, but th...

Like most regional steel industries, the Indian steel industry was sitting in a very comfortable position till 2013. The market was well balanced from both, a demand and supply perspective. In fact, the steep currency depreciation towards the start of 2013 Q...

Cost savings well and truly remain the focus of global metallurgical coal producers in 2016. Last year, in US Dollar-terms, we estimate that seaborne hard coking coal costs fell by a record amount (i.e. 18% y/y), as the industry's push towards "pre-boom" level...