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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950157-17-001408
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171006
FILED AS OF DATE:		20171006
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20171006

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ferroglobe PLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001639877
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PRIMARY SMELTING & REFINING OF NONFERROUS METALS [3330]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			X0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-37668
		FILM NUMBER:		171126577

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		LEGALINX LTD, ONE FETTER LANE
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			EC4A 1BR
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4408009758080

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		LEGALINX LTD, ONE FETTER LANE
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			EC4A 1BR

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VeloNewco Ltd
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20150417
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">For the Month of October, 2017</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">&#9744;</font></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5">LONDON,<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&#160;</font>October 6, 2017<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&#160;</font>(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ferroglobe PLC&#160;(NASDAQ:GSM) ("Ferroglobe" or the "Company") has received news this week on two significant trade cases in which it is involved: the Department of Commerce's ("DOC") preliminary determinations imposing antidumping duties on silicon metal imports into<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&#160;</font>the United States,<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&#160;</font>and the Canada Border Services Agency&#8217;s (&#8220;CBSA&#8221;) final decision on anti-dumping and subsidy duties against silicon imports into Canada. </div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5">The resulting cash deposit requirements will go into effect when the preliminary determinations are published in the Federal Register and will apply to silicon metal imported into&#160;the United States on or after that date.&#160; The determinations are likely to be published next week.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 6.35pt">27.8%</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 6.35pt">2.8%</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 21.64%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 6.35pt">27.8%</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 17.58%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 6.35pt">6.0%</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 17.58%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid">
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<td style="WIDTH: 21.64%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom">
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 6.35pt">85.2%</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 17.58%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid">
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 6.35pt">51.0%</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Joe Ragan, US: +1 917 2098581,&#160;UK: +44 (0) 7827 227 688</div>

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