In Oct., capacity release in most FeNi producing areas of China declined. In addition, the situation was not changed in Nov.. As the weak condition of nickel and stainless steel market had last for a long time, the steel mills did not have much raw material st...

Entering Nov., medium and low grade nickel ores production basically stopped. Adding to the unstable nickel price, many importers of China stopped the operation. Now as many FeNi enterprises cut down the production, the purchase for nickel ores was not active....

Ferro-Alloys.com]In recent period, operation rates of manganese alloy surrounding Beijing on the decline slightly due to environment protection for APEC meeting, which produces negative impact on ore sale market. In fact, given large alloys companies already e...

As HBIS successfully further cut for November purchase on manganese alloy, it seems that other steelmills in China tend to follow with falling bidding price. However, as lowering operation rates in south areas to aggravate, some steel mills are worrying about ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Ganzhou Tungsten Association issued that APT indication floor price for November was RMB152,000/mt (USD24,918/mt, export duty excluded), down RMB8,000/mt (USD1,311/mt, export duty excluded).

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Ganzhou Tungsten Association issued that the indication floor price of W concentrates for November was RMB95,000/mt (USD15,573/mt, export duty excluded), down RMB7,000/mt (USD1,147/mt, export duty excluded). Minmetals’ corresponding price dr...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese vanadium pent oxide was offered at RMB67,000-68,000/mt (USD10,983-11,147/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The prices of silicon chromium kept stable in early November despite the declining prices of low-and micro-carbon ferrochrome.