According to the latest Customs statistic, China exported ... tons of ferroalloys in Apr 2014, up by 15.8% Y-O-Y. Meanwhile, China imported ... tons of ferroalloys in May, violently up by 113% Y-O-Y.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It is said that silicon manganese output during May in China amounted to 871 thousand tons on the basis of 807.8 thousand tons for April, and basically in line with the same period of last year 888 thousand tons.

Output of Chinese FeSi Decreased Month-on-Month in May 2014

Latest statistics of Norway showed Norway exported 18,921 mt of ferrosilicon in May 2014

It was acknowledged that Jisco had once again reduced the purchasing price of high FeNi, which was reduced to RMBXX/Ni（delivery price with tax, by acceptance）

According to statistics of China Customs, China exported 4992 mt of other unlisted ferroalloys in April, dropping by 36.7% Y-O-Y. in Jan-Apr, China totally exported 23863 mt of these materials, down by 21.4% Y-O-Y.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese vanadium pent oxide was offered at RMB-/mt by acceptance. Downstream V alloy suppliers had low willing to input materials, and pressed buying price, so vanadium pent oxide market might drop slightly.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]After the Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese FeV price edged down, and deals were slim. Before holidays, the tenders from steel mills were active, but bids moved down amid sluggish steel market. After the holidays, deals concentrated on scattered ...