Executive Interviews

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• Focus on lithium market and look forward to the future development

  ----Interview with Livent Cooperation
  Chief Operating Officer
  Thomas Schneberger

  Livent, formerly FMC Lithium, is a pure-play, fully integrated lithium company with a long, proven history of producing performance lithium compounds. Our primary products, namely battery-grade lithium hydroxide, butyllithium and high purity lithium metal, are critical inputs used in various performance applications.

  2018-12-26

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• Focusing on developing a variety of products to serve the numerous niche markets

  ----Interview with Eng. Ziad Al Manaseer
  Chairman
  Manaseer Group.

  Manaseer Magnesia is a Jordanian public shareholding limited company that produces high quality dead burned magnesia (magnesium oxide) and specialty products (magnesium hydroxide and caustic calcined magnesia). A prominent industry leader within the local market and beyond, the company benefits from exemptions provided under the Free Zones Law, with strategic expansion plans for the plant in order to accommodate anticipated future growth.

  2018-12-24

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• Bringing into play the role of bridges between Japan and China, cultivating intensively and expanding the market of steel products

  ----Interview with Masayuki Abe
  President
  Asahi Trading Co., Ltd.

  Asahi Trading Co., Ltd. was founded in 1968, four years before the formal resumption of diplomatic relations between Japan and China. In 1974, our company provided WISCO with the silicon steel production line of Nippon Steel in Japan. In 1978, we participated in the signing of Baosteel’s Phase I Construction Contract. Asahi Trading is a highly specialized Japanese steel supplier starting with steel products. Our company has a subsidiary company in Shanghai, Huayang Trade (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

  2018-12-17

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• Lv Xiaochen: Unpromising steel market prospect in 2019

  ----Interview with Lv Xiaochen
  General Manager
  Shenyang Andayuan Material Co., Ltd.

  Founded in 2017, Shenyang Andayuan Material Co., Ltd. mainly deals with steel plate, with the yearly trading volume of 50,000t. Taking the business philosophy of profession, innovation and the enterprise spirit of solidarity and cooperation, the company endeavors to provide quality customer service.

  2018-12-12

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• Chinese high grade ferrotitanium price to stand stable in Q1 2019

  ----Interview with Shen Jixiang
  General Manager
  Jinzhou Kaiteng Titanium Alloy Co., Ltd.

  Located in Taihe District, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Kaiteng Titanium Alloy Co., Ltd. is an industrial company that specializes in metallurgy technology and R&D of metallurgical new materials.

  2018-12-5

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• ARC: To become the New Tantalum and Niobium Supplier in Kenya

  ----Interview with Michael Lando
  Executive Director
  Africa Resource Consultancy Limited

  Africa Resource Consultancy Limited (ARC) is a private limited company incorporated in Kenya under the Kenyan Companies Act on 18th December 2013. Through ARC’s Minerals & Mining division, the company’s main goal is to offer practical, intelligent and dynamic solutions to accelerate the growth of East Africa’s largely untapped mining sector. ARC’s strategies and credentials have helped the company develop partnerships and relationships with various private and public mining stakeholders both regionally and internationally.

  2018-12-3

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• Unique cost advantage for the first magnesia smelter in Gansu

  ----Interview with Li Jiayi
  Deputy General Manager
  Jinta Chunlong Mining Co., Ltd.

  Jinta Chunlong Mining Co., Ltd. was established in 2008 with talcum powder and caustic calcined magnesia powder as its main products in the early period after its establishment. It started to produce fused magnesia in 2017 after a breakthrough in beneficiation technology was made, holding two beneficiation lines of 500tpd magnesite and one beneficiation line of 300tpd mid-grade magnesite now.

  2018-11-28

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• New development on Namibia tantalum market

  ----Interview with Larry Johnson
  CEO
  Kazera Global

  Kazera Global is an investment company focused on opportunities principally, but not exclusively in the resources and energy sectors. The Company’s first investment is in African Tantalum, a Namibian based operation in the southern region of Namibia with current tantalum underground materials.

  2018-11-26

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• European market demand steady, magnesium ingot price would keep firm in the first half of 2019

  ----Interview with Wang Shaowen
  Marketing Director
  Hoesch Metallurgie GmbH

  Hoesch Metallurgie GmbH and its subsidiary (Hoesch Metals and Alloys GmbH) provide all kinds of metals to steel mills and aluminum alloy plants. The company has a history of purchasing various metals and alloys from China, such as magnesium ingot, magnesium alloy, silicon metal, electrolytic manganese metal, titanium sponge, chromium metal, etc.

  2018-11-23

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• Keneng, a technology leader in indium market

  ----Interview with Zhao Kefeng
  President
  Zhuzhou Keneng New Material Co., Ltd.

  Established in January 2001 and located in Zhuzhou Jinshan Science & Technology Industrial Park, Hunan, China, Zhuzhou Keneng New Material Co., Ltd. is a national-level hi-tech firm specializing in production of minor metals, semiconductor materials and luminescent materials.

  2018-11-21

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• Promising outlook for tellurium market

  ----Interview with Li Xianglin
  General Manager
  Chengdu Ffu Technology Co., Ltd.

  Chengdu Ffu Technology Co., Ltd. (Ffu Technology) is committed to environmental protection. The company not only provides services of closed-loop recycling of rare metal resources, but also customizes products for customers as well as provides application and recycling solutions. Main products include tellurium, bismuth, indium, selenium, gallium, bismuth, antimony and other series. Ffu Technology focuses on product diversification, industry specialization, layout globalization and integration of recycling, and aims to grow into a core competence-driven and world leading rare metal materials technology company.

  2018-11-19

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• New rebar standards to boost demand for vanadium

  ----Interview with Sun Jian
  General Manager
  Jiyun Furnace Charges Co., Ltd.

  Located in Chengdu, Sichuan, Jiyun Furnace Charges Co., Ltd. is an export-oriented vanadium processing company. Its product portfolio consists of vanadium pentoxide flake 98%min, ferrovanadium 50%min and 80%min, and its clients come from Europe, South Korea and Middle East. It has won itself a name in the vanadium industry by always keeping its product quality at a high level.

  2018-11-14

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• Chinese demand for bauxite from the Dominican Republic is recovering

  ----Interview with Mr. Ben Guesmia
  CEO
  CEMENDUS

  CEMENDUS is a firm in commodities investments and in international commerce. The company holds owner’s rights in 6 mines worldwide and is partner and main investor in 7 other mines mainly in South America and in Africa.

  2018-11-12

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• Ferrochrome market to stabilize

  ----Interview with Yang Lifu
  Chairman of the board
  Yingkou New Type Silicon Products Co., Ltd.

  Established in June 2003, Yingkou New Type Silicon Products Co., Ltd., a Sino-foreign joint venture, is located in Dashiqiao, Liaoning with factory area of 34,533 square meters and 140 employees. The company has two furnaces of 12,500kva which were put into operation in February 2004, mainly producing HC ferrochrome with an annual capacity of 50,000t.

  2018-11-7

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• Chinese environmental policy becomes strict, which causes increasing production cost from tantalum and niobium smelters

  ----Interview with Yi Chen
  General Manager
  Hengyang King Xing Lifeng Materials Co., Ltd.

  Hengyang King Xing Lifeng Materials Co., Ltd. was set up on December, 1993, which was one of the first plants engaged in tantalum and niobium production. It is a private sino-foreign joint venture which owns many core technologies on the production of tantalum oxide, niobium oxide and potassium fluotantalate. The main products of the company are tantalum and niobium related oxide and compound, electromagnetic and lighting chemical new materials.

  2018-11-5

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• Trade war weights on zinc oxide market

  ----Interview with Wang Yanlong
  General Manager
  Weifang Orlon Zinc Co., Ltd.

  Founded in June, 2015 and located in Beihai Industry Park of Hanting District, Weifang Orlon Zinc Co., Ltd. with a registered capital of RMB50 million (USD7.22 million), mainly engages in production and selling of zinc oxide with an annual capacity of 100,000t, being one of the biggest professional manufacturer of zinc oxide via indirect process globally.

  2018-10-31

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• Tin prices to rise on tighter supply and higher production costs

  ----Interview with Zhang Huanqun
  General Manager
  Gejiu Qiandao Metal Co., Ltd.

  Located in Wanhong Mountain Villa, Hongtupo, Datun Town, Gejiu, Gejiu Qiandao Metal Co., Ltd. specializes in trading of tin ore and tin concentrate and processing of tin ingot with average monthly trading volume standing at 2,000 metal tons.

  2018-10-29

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• Secondary aluminum alloy industry faces challenges and opportunities

  ----Interview with Li Hongwei
  General Manager
  Chengdu Sigma Nonferrous Metal Co., Ltd.

  The Sigma Group, founded in 1978, primarily focuses on smelting of secondary aluminum alloy and zinc alloy and the trading of metal scrap. Sigma has sizeable plants in Taiwan (Kaohsiung) and mainland China (Shanghai, Zhangzhou, Chongqing, Rizhao, Chengdu, and Changchun), with over 1,600 employees and annual turnover of RMB8.2 billion.

  2018-10-24

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• Expanding upstream and downstream to prepare for construction steels' high season

  ----Interview with Deng Shixian
  General Manager
  Guangzhou Dehong Trading Co., Ltd.

  As one of major trading companies of construction steels in South China, Guangzhou Dehong Trading Co., Ltd. is the first-class agent of Shaoguan Steel. Its business place occupies around 500 square metres and its warehouse in Yingde City covers about 3,000 square metres.

  2018-10-22

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• Magnesium market to see active transactions in Q4 on tight supply

  ----Interview with Li Pei
  Vice President
  Fugu Yihe Magnesium Co., Ltd.

  Fugu Yihe Magnesium Co., Ltd. is located in Xinmin town, Fugu county, Shaanxi province, and its construction started in June 2011. The whole construction process consisted of two phases.

  2018-10-17

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• Vanadium prices spike on short supply

  ----Interview with Lv Xiaoli
  General Manager
  Yichuan Yugang Furnace Charges Co., Ltd.

  Set up in 2011, our company is located in Luoyang city, Henan province, and covers an area of 30 Mu (about 20,000 square meters). We have a designed annual production capacity of 1,000t of ammonium metavanadate 98%min, 99%min and 99.5%min. As a well-known Chinese vanadium company, we always maintain uninterrupted operation no matter in the ups or in the downs of the vanadium industry.

  2018-10-15

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• Rich experience and high-quality of ferrotitanium products support us to develop stably further

  ----Interview with Nikita Puzyrev
  Manager of sales
  UralSpetsplav Ltd.

  UralSpetsplav Ltd. is located on the territory of the Russian Federation in one of the main industrial cities of Chelyabinsk. The enterprise has been engaged in the production of ferrotitanium since 1998 and is one of the largest Russian producers of ferrotitanium.

  2018-10-10

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• Oversupply weighs on manganese ore market

  ----Interview with Wang Baili
  General Manager
  Tianjin Kaiwosheng International Trade Co., Ltd.

  Established in 2012, Tianjin Kaiwosheng International Trade Co., Ltd. serves medium and small-sized enterprises in China as a trading company.

  2018-10-8

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• Northern Minerals to look at opportunities to increase the Browns Range's potential output

  ----Interview with George Bauk
  CEO
  Northern Minerals

  Northern Minerals is an Australian Stock Exchange listed Company (ASX:NTU) and is focusing on the production of Heavy Rare Earths from its operation in Northern Western Australia at Browns Range.

  2018-9-27

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• Optimizing product portfolio to thrive in the steel export adversity

  ----Interview with He Yingliang
  Deputy Director
  CUMIC

  CUMIC is a professional, independent steel trading company active around the world, dealing with products such as flat steel, long steel, steel pipe and special steel.

  2018-9-25

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• Yibin Libode aims to lead the Li-ion battery cathode material market

  ----Interview with Zhang Zheng
  President
  Yibin Libode New Material Co., Ltd.

  Yibin Libode New Material Co., Ltd., founded in 2017, is a high-tech enterprise focusing on development and production of lithium-ion battery cathode material; it, along with Yibin Guangyuan Lithium Battery Material Co., Ltd, is the wholly owned subsidiary of Guangzhou Libode New Material Co., Ltd., which with registered capital of RMB0.63 billion has two major shareholders of Yibin Tianyuan Group Co., Ltd. and Guoguang Electric Company Ltd.

  2018-9-19

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• Highly competitive operating costs makes Nolans Project distinctive

  ----Interview with Lloyd Kaiser
  GM of sales and marketing
  Arafura Resources Limited

  Arafura Resources is an Australian Securities Exchange-listed company (code ASX:ARU) headquartered in Perth, Australia, and with a smaller office in Darwin.

  2018-9-10

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• High-quality calcined bauxite supply tightens further

  ----Interview with Liu Haijian
  President
  CMP Tianjin Co., Ltd.

  CMP, founded in 1993, is an enterprise committed to providing Chinese high-quality minerals to worldwide customers.

  2018-8-27

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• Stable supply facilitates development of arsenic trioxide industry

  ----Interview with Sam Wang
  Sales Director
  CTT Mining Co., Ltd.

  CTT is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Managem Mining Group, the largest private mining group in North Africa.

  2018-8-20

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• Chinese NGO electrical steel prices are unlikely to rise in Q3 amid the traditionally low season

  ----Interview with Jinchun Chen
  General Manager
  Foshan Shunde District Wurong Materials Co., Ltd.

  Located in Lecong Town, Shunde District of Foshan, Foshan Shunde District Wurong Materials Co., Ltd. was established in 2013. It is one of the main distributors of non-grain oriented electrical steel in South China.

  2018-8-15

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• Promising future for CdTe solar panel

  ----Interview with Pan Jingong
  General Manager
  CNBM (Chengdu) Optoelectronic Materials Co., Ltd.

  As a high-tech company held by central enterprises, CNBM (Chengdu) Optoelectronic Materials Co., Ltd. ("the Company") was established on December 16th, 2009 and has a registered capital of RMB233.7 million.

  2018-8-13

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• HR strip prices are hard to go up in the near future on weak customer demand

  ----Interview with Qingxin Li
  General Manager
  Guangzhou Qiangang Trading Co., Ltd.

  Located in Tianhe District of Guangzhou, Guangzhou Qiangang Trading Co., Ltd. was established in 2016. The company is one of major HR strip distributors in South China with an annual sales amount of 70,000-80,000t and its materials are mainly from Tangshan Guofeng Steel, Ruifeng Steel and Delong Steel.

  2018-8-8

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• World's largest scandium oxide industry base in pilot production

  ----Interview with Nie Donghong
  General Manager
  Jiaozuo RongJia Scandium Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd.

  Jiaozuo Rongjia Scandium Industry Science & Technology Co.,Ltd is a national high-tech joint venture, established by Lomon Billions Group Co., Ltd. and Hunan Oriental Scandium Co., Ltd in August, 2011.

  2018-8-6

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• First graphite mine in Gansu to operate

  ----Interview with Guo Yanyan
  General Manager
  Jiuquan Jinyuanquan Mining Co., Ltd.

  Established on July 1, 2016, Jinyuanquan Mining Co., Ltd. is located in Shibaocheng, Subei Mongolia Autonomous County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province with the registered capital of RMB50 million (USD7.53 million).

  2018-8-1

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• Brown fused alumina price to rise in H2 2018

  ----Interview with Liu Junwei
  General Marketing Manager
  Guizhou Kaiyang Sanhuan Abrasive Materials Co., Ltd.

  We began to smelt brown fused alumina in 2001 and then focused on the research on tap furnaces in 2005. Five years later in 2010, we finished constructing tap furnaces and conducted pilot production with the normal production realized afterwards. We mainly produce brown fused alumina segment sand, abrasive material, blue fused alumina and others currently.

  2018-7-30

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• Optimizing zirconia technique to sharpen competitive edge

  ----Interview with Albert Render
  CEO
  Foskor Zirconia Pty Ltd

  The mining operations of Foskor in Phalaborwa South Africa started in 1951 with Baddeleyite mined as a by-product of Phosphate and Copper.

  2018-7-25

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• Overseas zircon sand prices not likely to decrease in H2 2018

  ----Interview with Yongmeng Zhang
  Sales Director
  Zhanjiang Dongya Minerals Co., Ltd.

  Zhanjiang Dongya Minerals Co., Ltd. is a major zircon sand producer in Qinzhou of Guangxi.

  2018-7-23

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• Perfect service gains success in steel industry

  ----Interview with Alexey Sukhnev
  General Manager
  Steel Industry Company

  Steel Industrial Company (SIC) is one of the major independent companies supplying rolled steel products (like rebar, beams, coils and sheets) to the Russian market and the CIS countries.

  2018-7-18

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• Promising outlook for battery material market

  ----Interview with Cao Dongqiang
  President
  Greatpower Technology Co., Ltd.

  Greatpower Technology Co., Ltd. is a comprehensive new energy material company, and provides base materials including lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese, ternary precursor and cathode materials to the new energy power battery industry.

  2018-7-16

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• Prices for chromium metal to show stabilization until the end of 2018

  ----Interview with Shuteev Aleksandr Leonidovich
  Deputy Manager of Sales
  MidUral Group

  MidUral Group is a vertically-integrated chemical and metallurgical group of companies specializing in production of intermediate alloys and ferroalloys in Russia, as well as in manufacturing of chemical chromic-based products.

  2018-7-11

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• India will make a whirlwind come back on bauxite supply to China

  ----Interview with Muralidharan Thoykkat
  CEO
  Magnetic Minerals Resources Pvt. Ltd.

  Magnetic Minerals Resources Private Limited is a marketing company 100% owned by Shaurya Mines and Minerals in Jamnagar, Gujarat. The miner in Gujarat state of India has export permission for the current year for 8 Million Tones and a resource base in mine approx. 200 Million Tones.

  2018-7-9

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• Peak Resource: NdPr owns a bullish market outlook for the next decade

  ----Interview with Michael Prassas
  GM of sales & Marketing
  Peak Resources

  Peak Resources (PEK) is an Australian listed company focused on developing one of the world’s largest, highest grade and lowest cost Neodymium (Nd) and Praseodymium (Pr) (NdPr) rare earth projects, the Ngualla Project in Tanzania. Peak offers excellent leverage to the favorable NdPr price outlook with 90% of revenue to be generated from NdPr which is the key enabling raw material, the heart, of the electric mobility rEVolution.

  2018-7-4

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• 10% to be a cap on copper price rise in 2018

  ----Interview with Liu Yang
  Board Director& Vice General Manager
  Sino Pak Minerals (Pvt)., Ltd.

  Sino Pak Minerals (Pvt)., Ltd. is the only Chinese private enterprise that owns 100% mining right in Pakistan and has exported copper ore in addition to China's state-owned Metallurgical Corporation of China Ltd. Currently, more than 10 ore veins are found within the company's mining area.

  2018-7-2

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• Primary aluminum inventory slides amid strengthening demand

  ----Interview with Yan Tie
  Head of Sales Division
  SPIC Huolin River Coal Power Group Aluminum Co., Ltd.

  Founded in 1988, SPIC Huolin River Coal Power Group Aluminum Co., Ltd. is located within Horqin District in Tongliao (a city with the highest natural silica sand reserves in China), Inner Mongolia. The company mainly engages in the production of aluminum ingot, with a running primary aluminum capacity of 115,000tpy.

  2018-6-27

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• Magnesium market to keep seeing bullish outlook in summer break

  ----Interview with Daniel Chu
  Sales Director
  Yulin Tianlong Magnesium Industry Co., Ltd.

  Established in 2002, Yulin Tianlong Magnesium Industry Co., Ltd., integrating production and sales of magnesium metal, ferrosilicon and pure carbon, is able to produce 30,000t of magnesium metal, 25,000t of ferrosilicon and 300,000t of pure carbon every year, creating an annual output value of over RMB600 million and an annual tax payment of over RMB40 million.

  2018-6-25

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• Fearless and Forging ahead for HRC Export

  ----Interview with Fu Guanghao
  Deputy Director
  Sinomaterial International Co., Ltd.

  Registered in Hong Kong, Sinomaterial International Co., Ltd. is a China based company majoring in steel imports and exports. Focusing on the most advantageous resources in China, we are determined to extend China's steel industry to the world. With years of industry experience and bank support, we conform to the trend of the development of the times and combine the traditional trading, logistics and finance together, so as to create the unique core competitiveness of the company.

  2018-6-21

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• Optimizing ferromanganese technique to sharpen competitive edge

  ----Interview with Zhang Wanbin
  General Manager
  Anyang Jinfang Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

  Located in the ancient city Anyang, the origin of inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells, Anyang Jin Fang metallurgical Co., Ltd. has advantages with superior geographical position and convenient transportation by closing to the Anne Road and Anli Railway with the Taihang Mountains in the west and world-famous artificial river the Red Flag Canal nearby.

  2018-6-19

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• Commit to Chinese ITO market development

  ----Interview with Hu Shuhua
  Assistant Manager & Operating Officer of Photoelectricity
  Business Department
  Solar Applied Materials Technology Corporation

  Founded in 1978, Solar Applied Materials Technology Corporation ("SOLAR") has a history of 40 years. At the beginning of establishment, our company focused on the recycle and refinement of precious and rare metals, especially gold and silver, in which filed we have always taken the leading position in Taiwan.

  2018-6-5

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• New Tantalum Science Prize from T.I.C.

  ----Interview with Roland Chavasse
  Director
  Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center (T.I.C.)

  The Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center (T.I.C.) was established in 1974 as an international, non-profit association registered in Belgium.

  2018-5-23

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• Chinese graphite producers to face green tax in 2018

  ----Interview with Wan Meizhen
  General Manager
  Qingdao Meizhen Graphite Co., Ltd.

  Established in 1999 and located in Pingdu, Qingdao, Shandong, Qingdao Meizhen Graphite Co., Ltd. has become a large comprehensive company integrating mining, processing and deep processing of natural graphite flake with employees' efforts and exploration, and is mainly engaged in businesses of various graphite like medium carbon graphite, high carbon graphite and expandable graphite with an annual capacity of 50,000t.

  2018-5-21

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• Brown fused alumina market to see balanced supply and demand in 2018

  ----Interview with Niu Wei
  General Manager
  Zhengzhou Hongji Abrasive Tech Co., Ltd.

  Zhengzhou Hongji Abrasive Tech Co., Ltd. was established in 2000. As the standing director of China Abrasives Industrial Association, we have been awarded Famous Products and Corundum Top Ten Enterprise for years, and passed ISO9001 International Quality Management System Certification in 2005. In order to satisfy clients' demand and help them solve problems, we continuously strive to upgrade our products which enjoy great fame among China Abrasives Industry and relevant customers.

  2018-5-14

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• Promising prospect for secondary aluminum alloy market in 2018

  ----Interview with He Ping
  General Sales Manager
  Jiangsu Huilian Aluminum Co., Ltd.

  Jiangsu Huilian Aluminum Co., Ltd., founded in 2011, is located in Lianyungang Marine Economic Development Zone and mainly produces various kinds of aluminum alloy ingot or rod. Through its own international sourcing network, the company has established long-term cooperative relationships with a number of major enterprises both at home and abroad and can design and manufacture products with particular specification at the request of clients.

  2018-5-9

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• Great advance brought by extracting lithium from lepidolite

  ----Interview with Xu Changzhi
  General Manager
  Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.

  Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd. is mainly engaged in lithium carbonate extraction from lithium ores, such as lepidolite concentrate, spodumene concentrate, lithium iron mica concentrate and lithium porcelain ore concentrate, etc. Not adopting the traditional lithium lepidolite calcinations process, which usually emits a great deal of unmanageable acid frog, the company makes use of a unique calcinations technology that fully meet the national environmental emission standard.

  2018-5-7

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• Chromium metal market to stand stable

  ----Interview with Liu Huayun
  General Manager
  Liaoning Huatai Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

  Liaoning Huatai Metal Industry Co., Ltd., located in Songlingmen village, Songlingmen town, Chaoyang county, Chaoyang city of Liaoning province, was registered in the Market Supervision Administration of Chaoyang county on 4 August 2011 with registered capital of RMB15 million. Since then, the company has been supplying great products and technology support and providing sound after-sales service to its clients. Liaoning Huatai mainly produces and sells sponge titanium and products of its series, ferromolybdenum, ferrovanadium and chrome metal, and sells ferroalloy series products, chemical products (except products of monitor, precursor chemicals and hazardous chemicals), refractory material, and mechanical and electrical products ( with sedans excluded).

  2018-5-2

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• Metro Mining is confident about Chinese demand for imported bauxite in the short term and long run

  ----Interview with Mr. Norman Ting
  General Manager
  Metro Mining Asian Marketing Department

  Metro Mining Limited (ASX: MMI) is an Australian exploration & mining company based in Brisbane, Queensland.
  Mining operations at Metro’s flagship project, the Bauxite Hills Mine, commenced in April 2018.
  Located 95 kms north of Weipa on western Cape York, the Bauxite Hills Mine is one of the largest independent projects within the internationally acclaimed Weipa Bauxite Region.
  Metro Mining holds a total bauxite tenement package covering approximately 2,500 sqms on Western Cape York.

  2018-4-25

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• Indonesian zircon sand prices would continue to rise

  ----Interview with Golen Kuo
  General Manager
  PT. Irvan Prima Pratama

  PT. Irvan Prima Pratama, as the largest zircon producer in Indonesia, has zircon resources in Kalimantan Tenga, Kalimantan Barat and Kepulauan Bangka Belitung, Indonesia.

  2018-4-23

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• Molybdenum prices to climb up in 2018

  ----Interview with Mr. Liu Junmin
  Manager of Market Development Department
  Jinduicheng Molybdenum Co., Ltd.

  A state-owned and publically listed Chinese company, Jinduicheng Molybdenum Co., Ltd. ("JDC Ltd.") is a globally leading and Asia's largest molybdenum company engaged in molybdenum resource development, material processing and application-oriented research. It is an executive-directorship member of the International Molybdenum Association (IMOA) and the directorship member of the Molybdenum Branch of China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA).

  2018-4-18

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• Great prospect for titanium in medical applications

  ----Interview with Zheng Yongli
  General Manager
  Baoji Xinnuo New Metal Materials Co., Ltd.

  Established in January, 2004, Baoji Xinnuo New Metal Materials Co., Ltd. is a high and new technology enterprise integrating research and development, production, and selling high-performance titanium mill products. It is located in the high-tech development zone of Baoji with a registered capital of RMB22.59 million and total asset of RMB153.11 million. It owns 124 staff currently and realized the total industrial output value of more than RMB95 million in 2017.

  2018-4-16

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• Jiege tin ingot back

  ----Interview with He Jiansong
  General Manager
  Yunnan Yunfan Nonferrous Metal Co., Ltd.

  Mainly engaged in production of Jinge tin ingot and with an annual capacity of 10,000t of the material, Yunnan Yunfan Nonferrous Metal Co., Ltd. put the material into production from December 2017 and keeps stable production status now. With 30 years development of Jinge tin ingot, it enters a new stage in the new era now.

  2018-4-11

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• Bright future for antimony products

  ----Interview with Jiang Jinguang
  General Manager
  Taojiang Jiutong Antimony Industry Co., Ltd.

  Jiutong Antimony Industry, whose predecessor is Taojiang Banxi Antimony Mine, is a joint mining company that integrates mining, beneficiation and smelting and has more than 120-year mining history. In 2006, it was reconstructed into Taojiang Jiutong Antimony Industry Co., Ltd. and mainly works on Jiutong antimony ingot business with an annual capacity of 4,000t which is well sold at home and abroad. Its official website is www.jiutongmining.com.

  2018-4-9

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• Demand for construction steels to increase further in Pakistan

  ----Interview with Ansar Hussain Rizvi
  Head of Plant
  Amreli Steels Limited

  Located in Karachi, Amreli Steels Limited is one of the largest manufacturers of Steel Reinforcement Bars in Pakistan. The Amreli family has been in the business of steel manufacturing for over 50 years. With its priceless contribution to the nation’s infrastructure, Amreli Steels Limited has become a household name in Pakistan’s construction industry.

  2018-4-4

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• Upward manganese price trend not to last for a long time

  ----Interview with Zhong Jun
  Sales Director
  Zhanjiang Zhongding International Trading Co., Ltd.

  Located in Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, Zhanjiang Zhongding International Trading Co., Ltd. is a large-scale comprehensive enterprise integrating mineral product processing and international trade based on its cut-edged advantage by adjacent to Zhanjiang Port, and its comprehensive strength is among the top of the same industry in the country. The company focuses on independent imports, exports, distribution and delivery of bulk goods like iron ore, manganese ore, alloy, etc, directly importing a large amount of manganese ore and iron ore from abroad every year by making full use of location adjacent to Zhanjiang Port.

  2018-4-2

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• China's NdFeB magnet output in 2018 to increase significantly

  ----Interview with Chen Liang
  GM
  Dongguan Jinkun New Material Share Co., Ltd.

  Founded in September of 2011, JinKun Magnetic is located in Dongguan, and is the leading magnet producer in Guangdong. The company owns a complete set of equipments and high quality customer. As the first processing enterprise entered in capital market, the company was listed in Small and Medium Stock Transfer System in November of 2016.

  2018-3-28

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• High performance Bi2Te3 rod——a new star in tellurium market

  ----Interview with Han Wenlin
  General Manager
  Jingyi Metal Material (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

  With a development history of 22 years, Jingyi Metal Material (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is a technology-oriented producing company which deals with recycle of secondary materials, purification of all kinds of minor metals and development of high-performance materials.

  2018-3-26

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• Demand for baddeleyite concentrate increase obviously in 2018

  ----Interview with Natalya Zorina
  Head of Sales for Baddeleyite concentrate
  EuroChem

  EuroChem is the only fertilizer company in the world to combine fully-owned mining, natural gas, production, logistics and global distribution assets. The Group is currently developing two sizeable potash deposits in Russia with its VolgaKaliy and Usolskiy Potash greenfield projects. Headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, the Group operates production facilities in Belgium, Lithuania, China, Kazakhstan and Russia.

  2018-3-21

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• Chinese prebaked carbon anode price to drop in 2018

  ----Interview with Du Baojun
  General Manager
  Zhengzhou Fenghua Carbon Co., Ltd.

  Zhengzhou Fenghua Carbon Co., Ltd., founded in 1986 and located in Dugou Village, Xiaoguan Town, Gongyi City, Henan, is a prebaked anode producer with annual capacity of 150,000t.

  2018-3-19

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• Bismuth ingot demand to rise in 2018

  ----Interview with Wu Shijun
  Chairman of the Board
  Guixi Grand Sanyuan Industry Group Co., Ltd.

  Founded in November 2000, Guixi Grand Sanyuan Industry Group Co., Ltd. (the former name is Guixi Sanyuan Smelting and Chemical Co., Ltd.) is a comprehensive medium-sized enterprise integrated with the production, processing and trading of non-ferrous metals. Covering an area of about 200,000 square meters, the company is located in the industrial park of Guixi with total registered capital of RMB160 million and total assets of RMB1 billion. Its branches include Guixi Sanyuan Smelting and Chemical Co., Ltd., Guixi Sanyuan Science and Trade Co., Ltd. and Guixi Sanyuan Metal Co., Ltd. and its main products include refined bismuth, refined tellurium, matte, bismuth oxide, electrolytic lead, tin ingot and others.

  2018-3-14

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• Vietnamese flat steel demand to strengthen in 2018

  ----Interview with Zheng Shixin
  Deputy General Manager
  IPC Company

  Located in Ho Chimin City, Vietnam, IPC Company is a group enterprise that mainly deals with steel trading, steel structure processing, spot welding steel wire mesh making and steel sheet pile leasing. The company focuses on Vietnam's iron and steel industry, and it has been working for 18 years to contribute to the construction of Vietnam.

  2018-3-12

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• Sheensen Magnetics to invest RMB200 million to enlarge production in 2018

  ----Interview with Bao Jinsheng
  GM
  Zhejiang Sheensen Magnetics Technology Co., Ltd.

  Established in 2002, Zhejiang Sheensen Magnetics Technology Co., Ltd., (hereafter referred to Sheensen Magnetics), is a high-tech corporation and devotes to rare earth permanent magnetic’ research, production and applications. The company was renamed in 2012 and moved to AnjiTenshi Lake Industry Zone.

  2018-2-24

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• Malaysian steel price increase slows down and the trend will follow China

  ----Interview with Mr. Felix Tan
  General Manager
  Vim Advance Trading Sdn. Bhd.

  Located in Johor, adjacent to Singapore, Vim Advance Trading Sdn. Bhd. was established in 2006. The company mainly engaged in cold drawn wire and rebar processing business.

  2018-2-24

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• Chinese magnesium ingot prices to edge up on tight supply after the Spring Festival holiday

  ----Interview with Su Haibo
  Vice President
  Fugu Xintian Magnesium Alloy Co., Ltd.

  Set up in August 2008 and located in Industrial Concentration District of Fugu County, Shaanxi Province, Fugu Xintian Magnesium Alloy Co., Ltd. has an annual capacity of 32,000t of magnesium ingot, 40,500t of ferrosilicon, 330,000t of semi-coke and 33,000t of coal tar. Honesty is the Xintian's company culture.

  2018-2-7

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• RMB50,000, an acceptable price for Antimony by buyers and sellers

  ----Interview with Wang Jiangen
  General Manager
  Yiyang Huachang Antimony Industry Co., Ltd.

  Yiyang Huachang Antimony Industry Co., Ltd. wholly restructured by Hunan Huachang Antimony Industry Co., Ltd., Yiyang Huachang Antimony Industry Co., Ltd. has become a large-scale enterprise with capacity of 10,000t and total assets of RMB100 million at present after more than 50 years' development on basis of its predecessor Yiyang Antimony Products Manufacturing Plant, which also successfully acquired the entity of "Bailong" and its product series in June 2005. The company took the lead to pass the ISO9002 international quality system certification in 1997 amid all antimony enterprises in China, becoming the second largest enterprise in China and also the one with the most comprehensive antimony product range, which is listed as one of the supply base for national antimony exports in China by the Ministry of Commerce in China. The company's trademark of "Huachang" has been listed in "Famous Trademarks in Hunan" so far from 1997 after the verification by the Trademark Office of State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) in China. Its leading products, antimony trioxide in brand of "Huachang", are sold to more than 20 counties including Japan, Europe, US, Southeast Asia, etc., which have attained long-lasting quality reputation. The company developed the new-type environmental flame retardant antimony trioxide based on great efforts in accordance with the policy trend both at home and abroad, which are widely reorganized by consumers due to its high efficiency after promoted to the market and the company is also granted the certificate of "Hunan High-tech Products and High-tech Enterprise Certification". The company's official website: http:/www.hcantimony.com/index.htm

  2018-2-5

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• Bos Telecom: Expand Coltan production in Congo

  ----Interview with Mr Aaron Shnerik
  CEO
  Bos Telecom

  Bos Telecom and its group of companies are for more than 3 decades deeply involved in the telecommunication field, developing hardware and soft state of the art telecom equipment, manufacturing of telecom equipment and sourcing components of all kind to construct such equipment.

  2018-1-31

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• Copper fundamentals to support higher price in 2018

  ----Interview with Wang Xing
  Head of Marketing Division
  Shaoxing Pingtong (Group) Co., Ltd.

  Shaoxing Pingtong (Group) Co., Ltd. ("Pingtong Group" for short), formerly known as Pingshui Copper Mine founded in 1967, is the largest nonferrous metal raw material production base in China's Zhejiang province. Pingtong Group owns several subsidiaries including Shaoxing Tongdu Mining Co., Ltd., Shaoxing Yueyu Copper Strip Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Zhongxia New Building Materials Co., Ltd., etc. and has formed the integrated economic entity that specializes in mining and dressing, copper processing, production of building material as well as trading.

  2018-1-29

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• S.G. cast iron demand cautiously optimistic in 2018

  ----Interview with Fan Heping
  Sales and Purchases GM
  Weihai Xinshan Group

  Weihai Xinshan Group is focusing on production of high quality S.G. cast iron and castings. It is one of the appointed producer of S.G. cast iron by the China Ministry of Industrial and Information Technology. At the moment, it is the only producer of S.G. cast iron still active in Shandong.

  2018-1-24

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• Based on the domestic market by developing technology to keep competitiveness

  ----Interview with Sergey Petrosyan
  Member of the Board Advisor to Director General and
  Director of Moscow branch
  Volzhsky Abrasive Works

  Volzhsky Abrasive Works ("VAW"), located in Volzhsky, was founded in 1961. Currently, the company is is the largest producer of silicon carbide in Europe, and the only one - in Russia. In addition, the plant also produces vitrified and resinoid abrasives, oxide-and-nitride-bonded refractory products and so on.

  2018-1-22

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• Peak Resources: Ngualla is one of the world’s largest and highest grade undeveloped NdPr rare earth deposits

  ----Interview with Michael Prassas
  GM of sales & Marketing
  Peak Resources

  Peak Resources is an Australian listed company (PEK) aiming to become one of the lowest cost players in the Rare Earth industry. Peak is developing the Ngualla Project into a next generation Neodymium and Praseodymium (NdPr) Rare Earth project with its process 100% tailored to focus on these crucial elements. NdPr are the key enabling raw materials, the heart, of the electric mobility revolution.

  2018-1-17

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• World titanium dioxide market to stay bullish in 2018

  ----Interview with Tan Ruiqing
  Vice President, General Manager of Sales and Purchasing Companies
  Lomon Billions Group Co., Ltd.

  As a large inorganic fine chemical corporation, Lomon Billions Group Co., Ltd. focuses on R&D, manufacturing and sales of titanium and zirconium fine powder materials. The company became the fourth largest global titanium dioxide production enterprise after the official combination of its predecessors of Henan Billions Chemical Co., Ltd. and Sichuan Lomon Corporation.

  2018-1-15

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• High-nickel ternary cathode materials to lead the market

  ----Interview with Zhao Peng
  General Manager
  Meishan Shunying Power Battery Material Co., Ltd.

  Meishan Shunying Power Battery Material Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Shunying Material) is a technology-driven high-tech enterprise which focuses on the comprehensive utilization and intensive processing of varies rare and precious metal sulfide mineral resources and aims at production of high-end lithium-ion battery cathode materials through cyclic utilization of non-ferrous metal renewable resources.

  2018-1-12

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• Alufer targets the first shipment of Guinean bauxite in Q3 2018

  ----Interview with Bernie Pryor
  CEO
  Alufer Mining Limited

  Alufer Mining Limited is an independent mineral exploration and development company with significant bauxite interests in the Republic of Guinea. The company is focused on the development of the Bel Air mine where production is expected to commence in Q3 2018. Alufer places a great deal of importance on sustainability and is committed to ensuring that it operates in line with the highest social and environmental standards.

  2018-1-10

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• Rare earth policy guidance remains unclear under condition of internal strife and external aggression

  ----Interview with Liu Weihua
  President & General Manager
  Ji’an Xintai Technology Co., Ltd.

  Ji’an Xintai Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to “Xintai Technology”) was established in February of 2012 and put into production in 2013. Our company passed environmental impact assessment, safety evaluation and clean production acceptance in 2015, and during the year we also passed the recognition of hi-tech enterprise, the provincial enterprise technology center and the standard system of quality management, environmental management as well as health and safety management. In August 2016, Xintai Technology is officially listed on the New Three Board (838975). Xintai technology fulfilled the acquisition of Jishui Jinching New Materials Co., Ltd. in March 2017 and Zhejiang Zhonghang New Materials Co., Ltd. in August 2017 respectively. Now Xintai Technology is growing steadily through its own strength!
  The company is mainly engaged in the recycling of waste NdFeB magnet and the production of praseodymium oxide, neodymium oxide, PrNd oxide, terbium oxide, dysprosium oxide and relevant rare earth oxides which are widely used in the permanent magnet motor, wind power, new energy vehicles and other high-tech fields.

  2018-1-8

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• End users expect reasonable germanium price fluctuations

  ----Interview with Deng Dan
  Manager
  Asia Division of Photonic Sense GmbH

  Photonic Sense GmbH was founded in 2003 and its main business includes the production of germanium single crystals and the manufacturing of different sizes of optical elements by silicon products purchased from other companies. The maximum diameter of germanium single crystals of the company is 500mm with the diameter of regular germanium single crystal standing at 300mm. In 2006, Jenoptik, the parent company, held 100% shares of Photonic Sense GmbH which passed the "Aita Agreement" of America and were awarded the title of Excellent Supplier by FLIR Systems AB in 2010.

  2018-1-4

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• Ferrochrome market prospects still unclear

  ----Interview with Hao Zhongmin
  General Manager
  Inner Mongolia Alxa League Jinzhen smelting LLC

  Inner Mongolia Alxa League Jinzhen smelting LLC was built in 2005 with a total investment of RMB115 million (USD17.5 million), of which RMB65 million (USD9.9 million) is fixed assets and the rest of RMB50 million (USD7.6 million) is working capital. The company enjoys the advantage of convenient transportation as its plant is located in Alxa Economic Development Zone, that is the triangle region of Alxa League, Wuhai City and Shizuishan City of Ningxia. The company has an annual capacity of 50,000t of ferrochrome based on national standard BG/T5683-2008 and 26,000t of ferrosilicon in accordance with national standard GB/T2272-2009 with four submerged arc furnaces of 12,500KVA. It can produce various specifications of ferrochrome and ferrosilicon products. The company has 258 employees including 27 engineering and technical stuffs. In addition, the company invested nearly RMB1 million (USD0.2 million) to set up a lab equipped with advanced equipment, which ensures timely and accurate quality inspection on raw materials and finished products. The Company passed the "Ferroalloy Industry Access" (NDRC Announcement No.11, 2007) of the National Development and Reform Commission on February 27th, 2007; obtained the IS09001 Quality Management System Certification in 2006; and acquired the "Enterprise Environmental Protection Acceptance Certificate " and "Third-level Enterprise of Safe Production Standardization in Metallurgical and Trading Industry".

  2018-1-2