The price of silicon metal fell stable and the rate of operation will be increasing.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China’s major stainless steel makers, including Tsingshan Group, JISCO and Baosteel, released their tender prices of high-carbon ferrochrome in June last week.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Most chrome ores prices fell last week, expect for the South African origin chrome ores. While the prices of the chrome ores are expected to stabilize as China’s domestic high-carbon ferrochrome prices stopped falling in June.

According to Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) in Brazil, the shipping quantity of iron ore from Brazil in May decreased to 23.65 million tons, dropping from 23.83 million tons from a month ago.

Canada’s Sherritt International Corporation said the nickel output for the Ambatovy Joint Venture totaled 3,874 tons (100% basis) in May, up by 24.6% compared to the last month.

AK Steel Corporation recently said that the company would invest US$29 million for upgrading of hot-dip galvanizing production line reconstruction at Dearborn, Michigan plant.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]This week, Chinese?ferrotitanium market continued to steady with prices at RMB8,700-8,800/mt (Ti 25% basis) for FeTi30#, RMB12,000-12,100/mt (Ti 25% basis) for FeTi40# and RMB29,500-30,000/mt for FeTi70# (produced by titanium scraps).  In fa...

Weekly Comment on FeV market (Jun 1st -5th, 2015)