[Ferro-Alloys.com]Allegheny Technologies has filed a Section 232 tariff exclusion request with the US Department of Commerce on behalf of its recently formed joint venture with China's Tsingshan Group, the US-based specialty steelmaker said Tuesday.

[ferro-alloys.com] At the beginning of last week, prices of spot steel dropped because of demand not as good as expected and high inventory.

The statistics about export & import of nickle ore, ferronickle and refined nickle

Compared to the volume in December last year, the volume of imported nickle decreased 18.13%, and the imported ferronickle volume increased 5.86%

China imported 43,830 tons ferronickle and 1.5372 million tons nickle ores in February

The volume of imported nickle ore increased more than 40% in China in February, and so did the concentrate ore

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China's “ Belt and Road” policy could generate $1.3 trillion in demand for iron ore, according to BHP billiton, the world's largest steel producer.

[ferro-alloys.com] Cumulative production of Ferroalloys from Jan. to Feb. 2018 was 5,147,000 tons and cumulatively increased 8.9% based on the data of State Statistics Bureau.