Total nickel ores imports in 2014 was 47.81million tons, decreased by 32.9% year on year, of which Philippines Ni ores increased by 22.7% to 36.48million tons while Indonesian Ni ores declined by 74.1% to 10.64million tons.

In 2014, after the export ban of Indonesia was implemented, the international nickel ores price raised much, which had great effect on Chinese FeNi industry. Under this condition, 1% import tax of FeNI was canceled. It was expected that the Initiative would di...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]According to the latest data of China Customs, China imported 721,137 tonnes of chrome ore in Dec 2014, up 39.7%

[Ferro-Alloys.com]According to the latest data of China Customs, China imported 9,385,255 tonnes of chrome ore in 2014 in total, down 22.4%

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeW was offered at RMB150,000/mt (USD24,590/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance, but transaction volumes were slim amid soft demand.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese W concentrates was offered at RMB83,000-84,000/mt (USD13,606-13,770/mt, export duty excluded).

Exports of Chinese Ferrosilicon Increased by Almost 30% in 2014

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In recent period, in the wake of global ore giant cutting manganese ore future shipment to China, Chinese ore traders seem to fail to get out of mire, especially for those with mass stocking purchased by high price in prior period.