In recent week the low grade nickel ores future price declined by USD1/wet mt as FOB prices for nickel ore(Fe50%, water33%), nickel ore(Fe49%, water33%), nickel ore(Fe48%, water33%) were quoted at $20-22/wet mt, $19-21/wet mt, $18-20/wet mt respectively. Spot ...

From 2012 to quarter 1 of 2014, the 42% South African chrome ores monthly average spot price continued to drop. In early of 2012, the price was quoted at RMB35-39/mtu while it fell to RMB26.5-27/mtu in Q1 of 2014. However, affected by the long-term strike in S...

Production Rate of Ferrochrome Continued to Fall due to the Declining Price

In the third week of October, calcium silicon price in China kept flat. Calcium silicon price in southern China was higher than the price in northern China. There were few calcium silicon factories in Sichuan. Now calcium silicon market was oversupplied, and t...

Silicon metal price continued to be flat in the third week of October in China. Chemical silicon metal price kept firm. The reason was Organic silicon market turned warm and this led to more need for chemical silicon metal.

Weak Market of Chrome Ore due to Low Production Rate of Ferrochrome Factories

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese APT price slipped with its cost. A Jiangxi APT supplier reported lower output and sales, and they only supplied several tons to old customers.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese W concentrates price softened, as downstream FeW and APT suppliers had little interest in buying raw materials, especially in the cold weather, the operation rate diminished again.