Chinese Calium silicon market still kept gloomy in the mid-August with ex-work prices at RMB9,000/mt and RMB8,800/mt for CaSi30# and CaSi28#. In August, the capability utilization rate and transaction have no improvement now.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]There was little fluctuation in the price of ferrosilicon in mid-August. Given poor sale and increasing capital pressure, some alloy suppliers forced to put price drop by RMB50/mt from the prior week.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] In recent period, poor performance of manganese alloys in China failed to improve. As sale and capital pressure, some producers have a strong desire to sell products which aggravated market competition

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In mid August, Australian Mn46 lumps kept at RMB25-25.5/mtu at ports in China. As for Mn48 sand ore, the price remained at RMB23.5-24/mtu in China.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It is said that CML already released September manganese ore shipment to China, Australian

Weekly Stock of Chrome Ore in China's Main Ports (14-Aug-15)

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Brazilian miner Vale said on Thursday that a nitrogen dioxide leak at its Copper Cliff smelter in Sudbury, Ontario had been contained and that the leak did not result in any injuries.