In early 2015, Mn ore FOB price for February dropped by nearly USD 0.3 /DMTU. HBIS set SiMn purchase price for February at RMB 6000/mt (USD968/mt), down RMB100/mt month-on-month.
In quarter4 of 2014, the demand of non-ferrous metal industry in China was still weak and so as to the price. From Jan. of 2015, China started implementing the new environmental laws, which would impact the FeNi, Lead and zinc smelting and copper smelting much...