In June, the Chinese silicon metal market became active with more and more inquiries from buyers. The electricity price of the main production regions such as...

Kazakhstan to Supply Silicon, Solar Cells and Plates to Qatar

Spanish-owned FerroAtlántica Group is planning to invest $382 million to build its first silicon metal factory in North America in Port-Cartier, Que. on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River.

Mineral Production Records 13.2 per cent Cumulative Growth

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) has approved a $98-million investment to build a solar plant, Western Australia’s first, which will power the company’s new Koodaideri iron ore mine, in the resource-rich Pilbara region.

Brazilian miner Vale, the world's top nickel producer, is acquiring the control of Ferrous Resources, its controlling shareholder Icahn Enterprises said in a securities filing.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] China's coal consumption has fallen for the third year in a row as part of its broader effort to develop the nonfossil fuel sector, according to Haibing Ma, China program manager at the Worldwatch Institute, a Washington-based climate think ...

Solar companies in Arizona are dismayed that Gov. Doug Ducey has signed a bill that will allow utilities such as Arizona Public Service Co. to make homeowners wait as long as two months before they can install solar panels.