Chinese silicon metal 553# export price continued to drop due to weak demand and sliding price in Chinese domestic in August.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]European FeV price edged up to USD-/kgV, as many participants expected further rise in the coming days.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It seems that earthquake in Yunan of China failed to bring about impact on silicon manganese market. Currently, silicon manganese 6517

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Mn market, the purchase price of Chinese steelmakers for July on Mn alloys was basically put in line with the prior month,

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeV was offered at RMB-/mt by acceptance.

In the first half year of 2014, China imported 12.27million tons nickel ores from Philippines, which just rose by 10.93% compared with that of last year. Meanwhile, China imported 10.44million tons Ni ores from Indonesian, down by 64.9% year on year.

CaSi producers were faced with unsatisfying deals in the fierce competition with industrial counterparts in China. CaSi market prices seemed steady, while in fact producers were lowering their offers and traded prices were also on the decline.

Hot temperature and increasing demand from steel mills of Japan and South Korea in Q2 of 2014 together led to tight supply of ferrosilicon in June and July in China. The tight situation didn’t improve in early August. The majority of Chinese steel mils raised...