Komi Republic Government has organized a working group, whose duties will include control over the progress of the construction of a complex for the extraction and processing of titanium ore, as well as decision-making in a number of issues concerning the development of deposits of "winged" metal.

Earlier this week Russian Federal Agency for Subsoil Use graduated from accepting applications for participation in the next contest, which is a lot of the right to explore and extract minerals from the ore occurrences of the Taimyr Peninsula.

China Metallurgical Corporation of Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation to get rid of productive assets, specializing in the production of stainless steel metal and special steels.

On the media last week in Ukraine reported about the readiness of investors to invest in the development of titanium industry in the country.

According to the Australian Bureau of ABARE report regularly conducting analysis of the global market with respect to natural resources, in the current year index of average prices for nickel will not be able to overcome the bar to 20 700 USD per tonne.

Two large stainless steel metal products from Japan - Nippon Metal Industry Corporation and Nisshin Steel have agreed to consolidate.

Last week, a group of "QMS" company (Russia, Moscow region) gained another member. This enterprise specializing in the production of ingots of titanium and alloys of this metal - Stupino Titanium Company.

The development of nickel deposits in the interior region Novokhopersk will bring to the budget of the Voronezh region appreciable increase -. About 2.5 billion rubles per year.

Management of the Chinese iron and steel corporation Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co, Ltd has decided to reduce the cost of its own products for supply to be carried out by trade departments of the company in April.

The Management Company "Titanium Valley" has become a full member of the Union of La Chambre de commerce et d'industrie franco-russe - Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce.

Generally, stainless steel is used in construction is not a long time, despite the fact that it appeared about a hundred years ago.

The Supreme Arbitration Court of Russia has decided to deny the plaintiff - the representatives of UC, "Russian Aluminium" - in the review of the case to invalidate decisions taken at the annual meeting of shareholders, "Norilsk Nickel" in June 2010

Pohang Iron and Steel Company (South Korea) is preparing for the commissioning of the new plant at the facilities of the corporation which management expects to produce 150 thousand. Tonnes of cold-rolled stainless steel.

After a lack of lease payments for the titanium business for 4 years, JSC "Crimean Titan" made the first transfer of funds to the MFI account.

On Monday, March 5 came into effect a decree №74 of the Russian government regarding the export duty on exported outside the member countries of the Customs Union of unalloyed nickel

Analysts at consultancy MEPS Agency (UK) have announced their views on the prospects of the global stainless steel market this year.

Representatives of the Management Company "Titanium Valley" presented a draft of Special Economic Zones of the guests and participants of international exhibitions METAV 2012, held in the German city of Dusseldorf.

Management MMC Norilsk Nickel approved the participation of organizations in the competition for the right to develop deposits of copper and nickel ore occurrences Elkinskom and Elan.