Due to the gloomy market, the average operating rate in China kept as low as 50~60%. Some of the plants have stopped production for a long time. However, quite few plants are at full capability. Seen from the districts, Qinghai has a higher operation rate of ...

In recent week the LME nickel price continued to decline.on Mar.19th,LME Ni closed at USD13715/mt, down by USD300/mt than last week while the nickel stock increased by 966tons to 431,820tons. On Mar.20th, Jinchuan 1# nickel was quoted at RMB103300-103700/mt, d...

It was expected that the nickel ores price might further decrease. One reason was the purchase of FeNi from steel mills was weak; the FeNi price might further go down. Another reason was the total FeNi operating rate in China was low as in Jiangsu and Liaoning...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Hebi Haideli Metal Co.ltd established in January,2008, was a new-typed integration company of science and research, development, production and sales, mainly producing metal Ca and cored wire.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese vanadium pent oxide was offered at RMB55,000-56,000/mt (USD9,016-9,180/mt, export duty excluded).

Silicon Metal = In the Chinese domestic market, both offer and contract prices have risen as there is a shortage of supply of low-grade product of 5.5.3 grade

Indian Silico manganese export prices drop on lower demand from European and Japanese buyers. Current offers for 65-15 grade Silico manganese assessed at USD 800-810/MT FOB In

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It seems that flat demand fails to further push down Chinese low carbon ferromanganese because of limited spot supply. Currently, price of 80C0.7 is conc