In the manganese triangle area, mainstream ex-work price of manganese flake dropped from RMB12800-13000/mt (USD2065-2097/mt) to RMB12700-12900/mt.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Chinese FeMo was offered at RMB94,000-95,000/mt (USD15,409-15,573/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. Last month, steel mills launched intensive tenders, but bids were lower than expected. At the beginning of this month, still some mill...

Spot supply of calcium metal was no longer in shortage and market price decreased again. In Shanxi and Henan Province, the major producing areas of

This week magnesium ingot prices kept declining in China. Some Shanxi and Shaanxi producers reduced production and Ningxia producers kept normal operation.

Chinese steel mills slashed both the purchase prices and volumes of ferrosilicon for November delivery and excessive supply persisted in China.

Silicon metal price kept flat in the first week of November in China, except for off-grade Si553# in Kunming. The inventory of Si553# was increased grately because its price tended up in September. So silicon metal export price declined. Many factories intende...

Entering Nov., medium and low grade nickel ores production basically stopped. Adding to the unstable nickel price, many importers of China stopped the operation. Now as many FeNi enterprises cut down the production, the purchase for nickel ores was not active....

In Oct., capacity release in most FeNi producing areas of China declined. In addition, the situation was not changed in Nov.. As the weak condition of nickel and stainless steel market had last for a long time, the steel mills did not have much raw material st...