[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chrome ore prices remained stable this weak and the prices are expected to cease to fall on China’s devaluation, although China’s ferrochrome prices made a second jump following July.

THE National Railways of Zimbabwe’s volumes have increased 150 percent since the beginning of the year spurred by an increase in coal production at the country’s major mines.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China’s major high-carbon ferrochrome purchasers lowered their tender prices again in August with a decline of RMB50/MT or RMB100/MT Cr 50% basis, which indicated the high-carbon ferrochrome prices continued to bottom. The high-carbon ferroc...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] In mid- August, low operation rates of electrolytic manganese metal allowed manganese producers to tend to hold price

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.