[Ferro-Alloys.com] Mn market, the purchase price of Chinese steelmakers for July on Mn alloys was basically put in line with the prior month,

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeV was offered at RMB-/mt by acceptance.

In the first half year of 2014, China imported 12.27million tons nickel ores from Philippines, which just rose by 10.93% compared with that of last year. Meanwhile, China imported 10.44million tons Ni ores from Indonesian, down by 64.9% year on year.

CaSi producers were faced with unsatisfying deals in the fierce competition with industrial counterparts in China. CaSi market prices seemed steady, while in fact producers were lowering their offers and traded prices were also on the decline.

Hot temperature and increasing demand from steel mills of Japan and South Korea in Q2 of 2014 together led to tight supply of ferrosilicon in June and July in China. The tight situation didn’t improve in early August. The majority of Chinese steel mils raised...

In order to allow easy shipment of the manganese ore, Bollore will rehabilitate a 1,250 km railway line from Abidjan to Kaya in Burkina Faso for US$536mn, added the report.

Zamanco Minerals Limited has released its activities report for the period ended 30 June 2014.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeMo price retreated to RMB-/mt by acceptance.