[Ferro-Alloys.com]China's imported chrome ore totals 603692 tonnes in Feb 2016, down 35% over the previous month

China’s Import Statistic of Ferronickel by Country in Feb 2016

According to Japan Iron and Steel Federation data showed in February this year, Japan domestic automobile industry construction industry demand continued to weak, which effected the export volumes decreased further. In February of this year, Japan’s crude ...

In the last week, CIS HRC export prices US$40-70/ton; those for CRC export prices have increased by US$70-85/ton. Currently, CIS HRC export prices are at US$365-370/ton FOB, Black Sea, compared to US$295-330/ton for previous week. For CRC export prices are...

US’s Big River Steel has announced to start US$1.3 billion Mill in Arkansas on Friday. The operation will split into two phases of the production. However, the company received US$1.25 billion of general obligation bonds for public investment for steel pro...

Bohai Steel Group owns by the city government of Tianjin may be unable to make full repayment on RMB 192 billion debt. It’s reported that currently four subsidiaries of Bohai Steel all have in different level of crisis. Among them, Tianjin Pipe (Group) Co...

Mn ore supply in 2015: -14% over 2014, to 16.4 million mt (Mn units). Meanwhile, demand: -19% YoY, to 14.9 million mt (Mn units).Globally, around 11.7 million mt of Mn ore capacity cuts have been announced at the end of 2015 and beginning of 2016, due to low M...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China's low- and micro-carbon ferrochrome supply remains tight thanks to soaring export and lack of siliconchrome, triggering the prices keep surging in March.