Mexican manganese and ferro-alloys producer Minera Autlan has indefinitely suspended operations at its Gomez Palacio plant, citing the challenging outlook for the steel market and the unfair competition from imported alloys.

International Ferro Metals Limited (IFM) has agreed to sell its South African ferro-chrome assets to Samancor for around ZAR720 million ($46 million).

update the HUICHENG website, set up LOGO of TANYI - Huicheng branch, and add the Arabic version only for introduction page. Mar 16thHuicheng visited some refractory factories in Henan. In Jun Huicheng increased import business for scrap metal, visited some copper /aluminum factory. Oct 23rdHuicheng met with CONSUKORRA Egypt for Egypt agency for steel industry.