Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, reports liquidating the Group’s ferroalloy division due to successful asset sales as part of the company’s strategy.

A North Carolina group is calling on local residents to press Mississippi regulators to hold a hearing on what it believes is health risks connected to a silicon metal plant under construction in Tishomingo County.

Yunnan Yongchang Silicon Industry Co. is now running at full operating rate after production resumption at its 3#, 4# and 6# furnaces with the arrival of high-water period in Yunnan Province.

The debate on anti-dumping duty on solar power equipment from specified companies in China, Taiwan, the US and Malaysia is heating up as allegations and counter allegations by domestic and foreign manufacturers of solar panels play out in public.

According to the statistics of US International Trade Commission, America imported 15945 mt of silicon metal in May, 2014, up by 18.2% M-O-M. The materials were mainly imported from Brazil (5177mt), South Africa (4452mt), Australia (1522mt), Canada (1518mt), N...

The top five Silicon metal exporters in the world include China, Norway, Brazil, Thailand and Holland. China, as the largest exporter, shipped more than 700 thousands tons in 2013...

As the largest importer of silicon metal in the world, Germany imoported 218.4 thousands of silicon metal in 2013

According to statistic of Korea Customs, the import volume of other ferroalloy in May was 1614 tons, down by 34.8% M-O-M while down by 22.4% Y-O-Y. The imported materials were mainly sourced from China （1447 tons）.