According to the investigation of www.ferro-alloys.com，electrolytic manganese metal (EMM) market in China was still peaceful after the National Day holiday.

In Q3 2014, both spot and future price of nickel ores continued to decline. During this time, high grade nickel ores spot price decreased by RMB160/wmt while futures price decreased by USD11/wmt. Meanwhile, low grade nickel ores futures declined by USD33/wmt. ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Overseas moly oxide price slipped to USD9.4-9.5/lbMo, and it didn’t bottom out. It is for the first time that moly oxide price dropped below USD10/lbMo since March.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]LME nickel price declined by 3.29% after constant rising for the previous three days, with a high at $16,950/mt and a low at $16,380/mt, closing at $16,427/mt.

[Ferro-Alloy.com]LME nickel price broke $16,000/mt on October 1st, with an intraday low at $15,869/mt, which is a brand new low for the past six months.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Given ongoing sliding sale for spot market, it seems that manganese alloy companies in China will face more brutal competitive pressure. Despite high water season in south area, there are only a few of large scale of manganese alloy factorie...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeMo price dropped to RMB91,000-92,000/mt (USD14,918-15,081/mt, export duty excluded) by cash. At the end of September, major steel mills entered the market for FeMo, enlarging the entire buying volumes. The transaction price concentr...

For a reference, the change in recent benchmark prices meant for Europe was <> January - March in 2013: US Cents 112.5 (up by US Cents 2.5 from the prior quarter), <> April - June: US Cents 127 (up by US Cents 14.5 ditto), <> July - September: US Cents 112.5 (...