According to the statistics of Japan Customs, Japan’s ferroalloy export volume was 15260 mt in September of 2014, down by 4.9% M-O-M and down by 25.6% Y-O-Y. The total export volume in Jan-Sep of 2014 was 180437 mt, up by 11.6% Y-O-Y.

According to statistic of Japan Customs, Japan imported 173.4 tons of calcium carbide, down by 28.4% M-O-M and down by 33.1% Y-O-Y. The materials were mainly imported from China with import volume at 132 tons.

On week buying activity, India producers of ferromanganese have reduced their prices by INR500/MT with deals now beijing concluded at INR56,500/MT ex-Raipur and INR57,500/MT ex-Durgapur. Affected by low demand, India producers have lowered prices in the domest...

EXPLORATION AND MING (OMM, 100% owned Bootu Creek Manganese Mine) Solid Septmber 2014 quarterly manganese ore production of 251,411 tonnes grading 36.16%; 2014 year-to-production stands at 698,196 tonnes.

Transnet said first-half profit fell 25% after finance costs rose and the South Africa’s state-owned ports and rail operator’s writedowns of older equipment more than doubled.

Despite the decrease in average manganese ore prices, alloy prices remained stable outside China, due to healthy steelmaking activity in North America and Europe, as well as the uncertainties in Ukraine. ERAMET Manganese's alloy shipments decreased 9% over the...

the bank will invest in the reconstruction and expansion of Pustynnoye mining and metallurgical enterprise, expansion of high-carbon ferrochrome production at the Aktobe ferroalloys plant, construction of a flat glass plant in Kyzylorda and expansion and recon...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] According to statistic of Zinbabwe Customs, the ferroalloy (high carbon ferrochrome) export kept stable at the level of 250~280 thousand ton tons. Almost all of the materiasls were shipped to Mozambique.