As August was soon past, many major steel mills gradually released bids for ferrosilicon for September delivery. In terms of purchase volumes, some kept flat volumes and others were seen with slight decreases.

In End August, Chinese calcium carbide market kept stable with capability utilization rate at about 70%, which slightly rose up compared with that in July. The raw materials market ran stable and didn’t sustain the production cost. Meanwhile, the demand from ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Overseas APT price stabilized at USD360-370/mtu, and transaction volumes were steady.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]European FeW price stood at USD39.7-40.7/kgW, which has fallen to the lowest level in 17 months.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It is reported that the biggest silicon manganese buyer in China, Hebei Iron and Steel Group already released September manganese alloys bidding plan.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It is reported that China only exported 63.42 tons medium carbon and low carbon ferromanganese from 215 tons during June according to the data provided by Chinese customs statistics.

At the end of Aug., in Inner Mongolia province, one of the main producing areas of high ferronickel in China, the operating rate recovered a little while the mainstream price declined slightly. Now most of the producers quoted at RMB1290-1310/Ni, and some redu...

Capacity and production of Chinese ferrosilicon were both far ahead worldwide, with most being domestic consumption and exports to Japan, South Korea and Americas. The EU levied import duty of ferrosilicon imported from China, thus very small quantities to the...