According to the latest Customs statistic, China exported 57,114 tons of ferroalloys in August 2014, dropping down by 13.8% M-o-M but violently up by 50% Y-O-Y. The exported materials included 1648 tons of ferromanganese, 42357 tons of ferrosilicon, 1094 tons ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] In recent period, increasing spot supply in Yunnan aggravated poor performance for high carbon ferromanganese. As new round purchase from steel mills still failed to clear, it seems that prices for high carbon ferromanganese in local area ke...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] In recent period, ongoing flagging demand allowed silicon manganese 6014 to keep tumbling. It is said that prices for some places in Guangxi province continued to dip by RMB20-30/mt.

In the third ten-day of September, Chinese silicon barium export was weak compared with that in August. The export volume to India decreased obviously to 100 tons more in September from more than 300 tons in August.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese W concentrates65% was offered at RMB102,000-103,000/mt (USD16,721-16,885/mt, export duty excluded), with low grade transacting below RMB100,000/mt (USD16,393/mt, export duty excluded). The inquires were rather small, so some traders w...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]LME nickel price rose on Wednesday after hitting $16,483/t the previous day, which is a fresh five-month low, with the closed price at $17,474/t. The investors might take the slide as a buying opportunity ahead of expected shortages.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese APT was offered at RMB162,000-163,000/mt (USD26,557-26,721/mt, export duty excluded), but transacted at RMB158,000-159,000/mt (USD25,901-26,065/mt, export duty excluded). A Jiangxi APT supplier reported several sales to old customers....

Chemical Si metal prices increased slightly in late September in China.