Spot supply of calcium metal was no longer in serious shortage and market price began to drop in China.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] As the biggest silicon manganese purchaser in China settled September tender price, Ningxia and Gansu based producers dipped ex-work price for silicon manganese to RMB6,200-6,300/mt, and RMB6,300-6,400/mt in Shanxi

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In July, 2014, China exported 990mt moly concentrates, down 22% M-o-M(1,271mt) and up52% Y-o-Y(651mt).

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeMo60 was offered at RMB98,000-99,000/mt (USD16,065-16,229/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. In late month, major steel mills entered the market to buy raw materials, which was concluded at RMB97,000-98,000/mt(USD15,901-16,065...

September buying prices by RMB 50/t making sellers unable to hold their tags. Spot quotations may drop by the same amount， which is why some producers will have to halt manufacture. Domestic prices for HC FeCr (50% Cr) stay at RMB 6，400-6，500/t ($1，133-1，...

Prices for high-carbon ferrochrome (60% Cr; 6-8% C;3% Si max) in India have been quoted this week at $0.84-0.87/lb Cr F0B India (down $0.01/lb Cr on the lower end of the last week's price range). A batch of the material has been shipped to South America at $0....

n the last week of Aug., chrome alloy spot market is still silent. Quotations of high-carbon ferrochrome (60-65% Cr6-8% C) stay at last week's $1.04-1.10/lb Cr DDP. 0ne trader offers the alloy (65% Cr) at $1.05-1.06/lb Cr ex-warehouse

According to China Customs, exports of Chinese magnesium serial products were 256.1 thousand tons in the period from January to July 2014, up 7.82% over the same period of 2013.