A call for papers at Members Meeting 2025

13 February 2025

The ICDA is opening a call for papers for its upcoming conference in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, PR China. Ulanqab has become a major ferroalloys production hub in China, representing about 68% of the Chinese ferrochrome capacity. Read more

China New Year press release

13 February 2025

Best wishes for the New Year to our esteemed community and for the celebration of the Wood Snake Spring Festival! Read more

Chromium 2024

13 February 2025

The latest ICDA event in Cape Town, South Africa, was another highly successful conference, underlining the ICDA’s position as the foremost global forum for the chromium industry since 1984. Read more

Chromium 2024 – Highlights video

13 February 2025

ICDA conferences are renowned for providing invaluable insights into the latest market trends from a diverse range of expert speakers. Read more

ResponsibleSteel recognises the Copper Mark

5 December 2024

An important milestone in the development of the The Copper Mark (including the Nickel Mark, Molybdenum Mark and Zinc Mark) has been achieved with its recognition by ResponsibleSteel. Read more

The ICDA is pleased to announce that it has joined ResponsibleSteel!

5 December 2024

ICDA is delighted to collaborate with the ResponsibleSteel team of experts to guarantee that our industry delivers a sustainable product to steel end-users and the final consumers and contribute to the social and economic advancement of our communities. Read more

Stainless Steel CO2 Emissions Report (1)

3 October 2024

The world stainless association has released a report outlining the stainless steel industry emissions and data related to these emissions. Read more

AVA Bridge: Network Rail’s adaptable footbridge and lift

1 August 2024

On Tuesday 30 July worldstainless Secretary-General Tim Collins visited the McNealy Brown's yard to view a new demonstration bridge developed by Network Rail and the AVA Bridge Consortium. Read more

Recycled for Lasting Value – now available with Chinese subtitles

13 June 2024

Stainless steels are a champion of recycling, with around 95% of end-of-life stainless steels being collected and recycled into new stainless steels without loss of quality. Durability and recyclability are two of the key contributions which stainless steels makes to sustainability. Read more

Better service lines with Type 316 stainless steel

12 April 2024

Almost nothing is more important than water. Yet, transmission systems worldwide lose billions and billions of liters of water a year to leakage. The solution to reducing this leakage is multifaceted, but replacing existing service lines with molybdenum-containing Type 316 stainless steel has proven highly successful. Read more