This week the inquiries in both spot and future market of nickel ores were active. In addition, affected by the rising price in nickel market and the recovered nickel ores price, the acceptable of FeNi producers for nickel ores increased.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] In recent period, imported manganese ore spot market in Chain remained at worse situation with flat demand. Given slowing consumption, it is said that manganes ore inventory at ports still kept at high level in China.

Expect for the upward nickel price in international market, the declining output in Inner Mongolia and Shandong provinces also provide support for the rise of FeNi price. At the end of Nov., the benchmark price of stainless steel was RMB1050-1090/Ni (delivery ...

Electricity price in Yunnan and Sichuan province was turned up in the fourth week of November in China, but silicon metal price stayed steady .

In the fourth week of November, calcium silicon market functioned smoothly in China.

Chinese core wire market was still in downturn last week. In Henan province, ex-work price of Ca98%min∮9㎜Ca wire stayed around RMB12400-12600/mt

In September and October 2014 there were some new large ferrosilicon furnaces into operation and the overall operation rate much improved in some production regions.

Chinese Mg Ingot Producers Showed Unwillingness to Continue Lowering Quotations in China