Japan's coking coal imports rose in July on the back of a recovery in steel output, mainly from auto manufacturing demand.

LME nickel price trend on September 4th

Nickel ore market weekly comment(August 31st-September 4th): The prices of Laterite-Nickel ore rose up in this week

Ferronickel market weekly comment(August 31st-September 4th) The price of high grade ferronickel price went up in this week

Electrolytic nickel market weekly comment(August 31st-September 4th) LME nickel price was not steady in general , so was the electrolytic nickel price

LME nickel price trend on September 3rd

In the first week of September, the ferrosilicon market continued stable. The tender volumes, together with the rising tender price, boosted the confidence of the industry.

Vietnam spent more than 5.6 billion U.S. dollars importing over 9.7 million tons of steel and iron in the first eight months of this year.