In the first 11 months of 2014, low FeNi price experienced drastic ups and downs. In half 1 of 2014, the low ferronickel ex-works price reached RMB3600/mt from RMB2600/mt of early 2014. However, along with the downturn stainless steel price the price continued...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese titanium concentrates price edged down due to soft demand, but transaction was ordinary. Sichuan 47% was offered at RMB500-550/mt(USD81-90/mt, export duty excluded), Yunnan 45% concentrating on RMB550-600/mt (USD90-98/mt, export duty ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In the first of quarter of 2014, Chinese FeMo price slipped to RMB93,000-94,000/mt (USD15,245-15,409/mt, export duty excluded) in early March from RMB100,000/mt (USD16,393/mt, export duty excluded) in January.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]LME nickel price dipped on Monday (Dec 15), with a intraday high at 16860 and low at 16405, closing at 16450, down 1.35%. The price began to rise after opening, but the price plunged sharply after it failed to break 16850. The decline offset ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]As steel mills settled December purchase on manganese alloys, it seems that silicon manganese market showed a gradual calm after a slight downturn in the early month.

]In quarter 1 of 2014, the chromium metal price in Chinese market was weak, the mainstream price was RMB48000-52000/mt. since May, the price started to recover, mainly because of the rising exports and decreasing output of Chinese large manufactures.

In 2014, in addition to quarter 1, the chromium metal in European market presented an optimistic condition. From Q2, the chromium metal started to recover, which reached the highest point of USD9300-9625/mt during end of Aug.

This week the chrome ores spot price remained stable while considering the tight fund at the end of the year, the FeCr producers preferred to buy the futures materials and tried to pressure on the spot price