Silicon metal export price stopped dropping in late January. Chinese silicon metal export market kept steady now.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese vanadium pent oxide was offered at RMB57,000-58,000/mt(USD9,344-9,508/mt, export duty excluded). Downstream V alloy market was sluggish, so buyers first purchased raw materials on orders.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeV50 price slipped to RMB67,000-68,000/mt (USD10,983-11,147/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. Steel mills with fund shortage hit tender price to a new low level.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Despite ongoing sluggish demand, it seems that downtrend of imported manganese ore spot becomes gradually narrow in recent period for cost bosltering.

Exports of Chinese Mg Ingot Increased by 7.18% in 2014

In Jan. 2015, the high ferronickel price declined to RMB1070-1090/Ni from RMB1120-1140/Ni of Dec.2014. Because of the tight supply, the low FeNi price continued to go up. At the end of Jan., 2015, the low FeNi ex-works price reached RMB2650-2700/mt, rising by ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]JISCO and Tsingshan kept their tender prices for HC FeCr in February at RMB6,450/MT and RMB6500/MT respectively.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In December, China exported 24mt FeW, down 40% M-o-M(40mt). There was zero export in last December.