December 2000 Tubacex buys up Austrian tubemaker Spain's Tubacex has purchased another 5% shareholding in Schoeller Bleckmann Edelstahlrohr, giving it full ownership of the Austrian stainless steel tube producer. 28 December 2000 Ferro-manganese price dips High carbon ferro-manganese prices have started to follow the other bulk alloys markets lower. 27 December 2000 Cheap power complaint against Indian ferro-alloy producers India's Ministry of Power has claimed that some ferro-alloy producers are not complying with the terms under which they are supplied with cheap electricity. 21 December 2000 Pettifor sees better stainless market after merger Stainless prices may start to recover as early as the first quarter of next year, according to Avesta Sheffield president and ceo Stuart Pettifor. 20 December 2000 Chinese moly miner resumes production China's largest molybdenum producer, Jinduicheng Molybdenum Mining Corp (JDC), has resumed production after suspending its operations for a month. 20 December 2000 European ferro-chrome weakens Ferro-chrome prices in Europe remain under pressure as mills scale back orders and traders attempt to sell material before the year-end. 19 December 2000 Dumping threat causes uncertainty in Chinese FeMo market Chinese ferro-molybdenum prices are poised to weaken further as poor demand and the threat of impending anti-dumping duties cause confusion in the physical market. 19 December 2000 Eastlink Lanker buys UK moly plant, mulls vanadium plan Russian ferro-vanadium producer and trader Eastlink Lanker has acquired the UK's Ferro Alloys & Metals Ltd and its ferro-molybdenum production facility in Glossop, Derbyshire. 18 December 2000 EWK still for sale after Böhler talks fail, says Thyssen [UPDATE] Germany's largest steelmaker Thyssen Krupp Steel says it still wants to sell Edelstahl Witten-Krefeld (EWK) after the collapse of marathon talks with Böhler-Uddeholm. 18 December 2000 Böhler says Thyssen price deadlock sinks EWK sale Böhler-Uddeholm says that negotiations to buy Edelstahl Witten-Krefeld (EWK) have been called off amid failure to agree a price with Thyssen Krupp 18 December 2000 « 1 2 3 4 … »