In the second week of July, the medium and high grade nickel ores future and spot prices kept stable while the trading volume was not large.

It was still generally expected that the Indonesian export ban would not be changed. Therefore, the supply shortages would provide firm support for the nickel and FeNi price in the long run. However, considering the fund and the demand from steel mills,

This week FeCr producers kept normal production and producers offered much varied quotations. Some producers lowered quotations as Baosteel and Tsingshan Group both lowered July purchase prices of FeCr.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It seems that Chinese price of manganese alloys stll failed to show dramatic rise in early of July despite fluctuating at low level for some time.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] In recent period, Australian Mn46 lumps are currently maintained at RMB33.5-34.5/mtu and RMB33.5-34/mt for Mn48 sand ore. Preice of Gabonese Mn 45-46 lumps are now lingered about RMB31.5-32/mtu while RMB30.5-31.5/mtu for Brazilian Mn 44-45...

Chinese calcium silicon market kept stable in the first ten-day of July with inactive transactions, and ex-work price including VAT of calcium silicon 30# was at RMB10400-10600/mt

At the beginning of July 2014 in China, silicon metal prices remained steady

As magnesium producers said, top production region-Fugun and Shenmu counties of Shaanxi province were seen with producers’ ongoing summer maintenance over their facilities.