Cancana Resources said it has made the US$5 million investment as planned in Brazil Manganes Corp, the joint venture between Cancana and Ferrometals governing what was formerly known as Rio Madeira, the producing manganese operations Canacana acquired located...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Chinese FeV50 was offered at RMB79,000-80,000/mt (USD12,950-13,114/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. In late month, major steel mills entered the market to buy FeV, transacting at RMB79,000/mt (USD12,950/mt, export duty excluded) by a...

Silicon metal price kept increasing in the first week of September in China. Off-grade Si553# price increased by RMB 200-300/mt. Other silicon metal price increased by about RMB 100/mt. Silicon metal export price also began to increase.

Calcium Silicon Price Kept Steady in Early September(Sep.1st- Sep.5th)

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Chinese FeMo60 was offered at RMB98,000-99,000/mt (USD16,065-16,229/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. In late month, major steel mills entered the market to buy raw materials, which was concluded at RMB97,000-98,000/mt(USD15,901-16,06...

China's exports in August rose 9.4 percent year-on-year to 208.5 billion U.S. dollars, with monthly trade surplus reaching an all-time high of 49.8 billion U.S. dollars, customs data showed on Sep. 8th.

China will become the world's largest economy in 2024, as the country's consumer spending is expected to almost quadruple from 2013 to 2024, said IHS Inc., a global industrial data and analysis company, Friday （Sep 5th） in London.

The Fondel Group will buy a substantial stake in a joint venture to build and manage the first silicon metal plant in Iceland, with the aim of producing 44,000 tpy within five years.