With wet season approaching in southwest areas, many Si plants plan to restart furnaces. Furnaces in Sichuan province may restart in May, and Si manufacturers might rework in late May.

Serious reduction of production remained in some main production regions and April output of FeSi was expected to decline in China.

Due to the steady demand from downstream industries, CaSi prices had less change and most orders were from old clients. Meanwhile, CaSi price had less momentum to increase and suppliers had few profits to obtain.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] This week, it seems that titanium market keep calm in China with no big change for quotation. FeTi30 price was kept at RMB was RMB11,400-11,500/mt(USD1,868.9-11,885.2/mt) 25%. And RMB12,000-12,100/mt

[Ferro-Alloys.com] In recent period, poor sale and high inventories still troubled imported manganese ore traders in China. Mn46 lumps are now tumbling at

In terms of steel mills purchase plan, Shao steel group in Guangdong area plans to increase silicon manganese purchase to 6,000 toms from average 4,000 tons in previous period, while high carbon ferromanganese remained 600 mt.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeMo price stabilized, but the tenders of mills were limited. FeMo deals were concentrated on scattered buying activities, transacting at RMB--/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. Traders held cautious attitude towards the market...

All in all, whether or not the new bidding price for steelmakers on ferromanganese purchasing can hold steady is still depend on relationship between market demand and supply.