Prices of Si metal suffered continuous decline from early July to early August in China and there were stable prices in late August in China. Although significant improvement of demand hadn’t occurred in the downstream industries, Si metal producers became op...

At the beginning of late August, there were only two large steel mills releasing bids for ferrosilicon for September delivery in China. This week massive bids from other large steel mills

Manganese ore prices remain unchanged amid lackluster Manganese Alloy market. Reportedly, demand for imported ore is much higher in the domestic market.

Indian government increases royalty rates on minerals. Including Iron ore, Bauxite, Chrome ore Manganese ore

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It is reported that silicon manganese 6014 in Hunan was quoted at RMB5,200/mt (without VAT by cash, the same as below), and transaction prices were concentrated on RMB5,150-5,180/mt.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China exported 26mt ferrotitanium in June,2014, up 44% M-o-M (18mt) and down 7% Y-o-Y (28mt).

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeTi 30 was offered at RMB-/mt by acceptance.

In Aug., the operating rate of high carbon ferrochrome in Shanxi province-one major producing areas of China reduced to 45%, mainly because of the poor market condition. According to the sellers here, the sales were smoothly and most of them had no that much s...