11. Fesilven's production capacity is 80, 000 metric tons of ferrosilicon a year. 12. It is the site of the port for Orkanger and the ferrosilicon plant Elkem Thamshavn. 13. Ferrosilicon is also important as an additive to cast irons for controlling the initial content of silicon.14. Magnesium ferrosilicon is instrumental in the formation of nodules, which give ductile iron its flexible property. 15. The money he spent building a steel mill could have been used to build a Ferrosilicon mill. 16. Elkem has four main areas of operation : manganese and chrome; ferrosilicon ; silicon; and aluminum. 17. Industrially, the most common dense media is a suspension of fine magnetite and / or ferrosilicon particles. 18. Treatment of high-silicon ferrosilicon with hydrogen chloride is the basis of the industrial synthesis of trichlorosilane. 19. Steel company Siderurgica del Orinoco and ferrosilicon maker Ferrosilicio Venezolano are also expected to be sold early next year. 20. The Oslo-based company said most of the improvement was due to stronger prices for aluminum and ferrosilicon .
