[Ferro-Alloys.com]The LME nickel price rose last Friday, Dec 12, creating an intraday high at 16725 with a low at 16228, closing at 16675, up 2.76% all day.

According to the investigation of www.ferro-alloys.com, Chinese core wire market was still in downturn last week. In Henan province,

Silicon metal price was weak in the second week of December in China.

On Dec 13, Baogang Rare Earth Group (BREG) in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, announced it will change its name into "China North Rare Earth Group Co Ltd", having made significant progress in merging with five smaller companies in the region an...

In the second week of December, calcium silicon market was unchanged in China.

Ferro-Alloys.com] Silicon manganese 6517 is currently pricing at RMB5,900-6,100/mt and RMB5,300-5,400/mt for 6014. High carbon ferromanganese 65 is now concentrating on 5,300-5,400/mt.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Australian Mn46 lumps are currently focused on RMB33-34/mtu andRMB33-33.5/mtu for Mn48 sand ore. South African Mn38 lumps are pricing at RMB28.5-29.5/mtu while RMB32-33/mtu for Mn32%Fe20%.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In October, 2014, China exported 220mt APT, 11.6% lower than last October (249mt) and 23.6% less than September (288mt).