Compared with the tight supply in April, there were small amounts of silicon metal products on spot market in early May. Meanwhile, Si quotations kept firm due to low capacity utilization rate.

According to the data from China Customs, silicon metal export volume totally reached 184,378.750mt in Q1, 2014. Compared with the same period last year, Si export amount increased......

[Ferro-alloys.com] Since March, some non standard furnaces demolished in Ningxia,and vigorously eliminate backward production capacity. Some enterprises turned the production of FeSi into SiMn plan to quit just affected by the market, leading to the gradual de...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]During the May 1st holidays, overseas moly market was relatively quiet, now deals have resumed.

According to the statistics of Japan Customs, Japan’s ferroalloy export volume was 25,700 mt in Mar 2014, up by 28.8% M-O-M and 28% Y-O-Y. The total export volume in Q1 2014 was 70,595 mt, up by 15.4% Y-O-Y.

According to the announcement from Ningxia Commission of Economy and information Technology, the government in Ningxia plans to eliminate 198,400mt ferroalloys backward capacity in 2014.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]After the Labor day, Chinese W concentrates quotation stabilized at RMB-/mt.

Mg Price Continued to go up in China