Alcoa’s heavy focus on cost cutting and a decision to shut the struggling Port Henry aluminium smelter has paid handsome dividends in Australia where it has recorded a three-fold lift in full-year profit.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Russia's customs statistics shows the export result of standard ferro-silicon (Si >55%) in February 2016 was 46,737 tons, drastically up by 75.9% from 26,567 tons in the prior month.

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[www.ferro-alloys.com]Ferrosilicon produced during the March 2016 quarter of 30,643 tonnes, an increase of approximately 103% over the corresponding quarter in 2015

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[Ferro-Alloys.com]As to the price negotiation (in Japanese yen) for imported ferroalloys (ferro-silicon and silico-manganese) meant for electric furnace (EF) mills in Japan for the period from April to June in 2016, the price of ferro-silicon is JPY115,000, do...

In China, the price of ferro-silicon spiked in late March, but the buying movement slowed down at the end of the month and the price dropped back due to adjustment of high price

Alcoa (AA) is one of the largest aluminum producers in the world. It gained 0.11% on April 5 and ended the day at $9.41. Since the beginning of March, Alcoa has been broadly consolidating between the important price levels of $9 and $10. Weakness in aluminum a...