Severe floods happened recently in some parts of Hunan Province, one of the major EMM production regions of China. The flood was most serious in Xiangxi Autonomous Region.

In Mid-July, Chinese calcium carbide market price kept stable except for slight decrease in some regions. Producers reported large stockpiles in their factories due to low demand from consumers and hard transactions.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In May,2014, China exported -mt FeTi, up -% compared with last May(-mt) and doubled from April (-mt).

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeTi30 price stabilized at RMB-/mt by acceptance.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Since early of July, Gabonese manganese lump ore already appeared tight supply, and limit spot aroused more participants’ conern

Ferro-Alloys.com] At present, silicon manganese market showed calm with steady quotation. For parts of areas in south, 6517 is quoted at RMB6,300-6,400/mt in Yunan, while 6,400-6,500 in Hunan. In north, silicon manganese 6517 lingers about RMB6,350-6,400/mt in...

It was acknowledged that Indian government had decided that on July 10th, 2014, they would pull up the import tax of Stainless steel flat products from 5% to 7.5%.

It was acknowledged that the chromium metal supply in Chinese market was still tight while the price did not change much compared with the second week of July.