In March, Baosteel purchases EMM 4,000mt, and the price declines about RMB600/mt, compared with the last month.In this period, the prices of manganese ore and steel products go up, so some people predict that the price of EMM may rise as well. But the plants’...

[www.ferro-alloys.com] High carbon ferromanganese 65C7.0 (Phosphorus Content<0.4) was quoted at RMB4200-4300/mt in Guangxi, medium carbon ferromanganese 78C1.5 (Phosphorus Content<0.35) was quoted at RMB6100-6200/mt in Hebei, and low carbon ferromanganese 80C...

According to the import statistics of Taiwan, the import volume of major ferroalloys in the full year 2015 (January - December) was 702,962 tons, down by 2.1% from 717,761 tons in the prior year.

[www.ferro-alloys.com] The price of Chinese silicon manganese products rise drastically in the past week. The mainstream price of silicon manganese 6517 was RMB5700-5800/mt in Ningxia, the mainstream price of silicon manganese 6517 was RMB5750-5850/mt in Inner...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]This week, price of Chinese imported manganese ore kept soaring. The quotation of 46% Australian lump rose to RMB40-41/mtu, and around RMB 38/mtu for Australian sand ore.

Buying activity in the molybdenum oxide market picked up as the week drew to a close Friday, but prices reported were predominantly at lower levels.

Weekly Stock of Chrome Ore in China's Main Ports (11-Mar-16)

In a statement released Wednesday, Alcoa Warrick Operations spokesman Jim Beck said the number of layoffs have been reduced from an estimated 600 to about 325. He said the reduction is due to transfers and inducements offered by the company.