[Ferro-Alloys.com] This week into the end of July, and the silicon metal market continues to low depression, and bring enterprises want to cut production tendency, currently the main producing areas in Yunnan and Sichuan prices, this week the price has dropped...

In June, 2015, Norway exported 16651 mt ferrosilicon(Si>55%), decreasing by 13.7% M-O-M and down by 25% Y-O-Y.

Brazil’s Ferrosilicon Export Decreased by 40% in H1 of 2015

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Spot and futures prices of chrome ores remained stable last week. Meanwhile, South African origin chrome ore concentrates were still in short as South Africa’s largest chrome ore miner can not accept new orders until September.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Baosteel and Tsingshan Group lowered their tender prices of high-carbon ferrochrome for August by RMB50/MT Cr 50% basis and RMB100/MT Cr 50% basis respectively in the last week of July, and Tsingshan Group reduced its purchasing amount to 40,...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Chinese FeV was quoted at RMB62,000/mt by acceptance, as steel mills making overhaul decreased V alloy tender volumes. The transaction price was as low as RMB61,000/mt by acceptance. Overseas FeV price stabilized.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] According to the investigation of www.ferro-alloys.com, core wire market was peaceful last week in China. In Henan province, ex-work price of Ca98%min∮9㎜Ca wire stayed around RMB10,000-10,200/mt (USD1,639-1,672/mt).

Price drop swept all industries related to cored wires, it seemed. Companies providing cored wires machines are among those stricken by the wave.