[Ferro-Alloys.com] In mid September, manganese alloy market activity still failed to keep in good shape, and spot transaction is relatively poor. The mainstream quotation of silicon manganese 6517 in the north is RMB4700-4800/mt(ex-work price), and market quot...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] In general, the mainstream ore continuously shares a large proportion of total manganese ore imports in China, and the non-mainstream ore discontinuously shares a small proportion. During the past decades, the import volume of Australia, So...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] As the bidding prices of steel mills decreased in September, Chinese Medium and Low Carbon Ferromanganese enterprises’ quotation declined slightly by about RMB100-150/mt. Enterprises are more willing to halt production because of gloomy dem...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] As the purchase price offered by Steel mills decreased in September, high-carbon ferromanganese price dropped recently. The price cut is about RMB100/mt. It is reported that the biggest three enterprises’ production costs of 65# ferromangan...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Some of China's major electrolytic manganese producers raised their prices slightly in early September by RMB100-200/T. No improvement of operation rate was seen currently due to the weak market and one major producer ceased its production fo...

According to the latest statistics of China customs, the manganese ore import volume was 1,360,000 tons in July 2015, increased slightly than 1,327,000 tons in June 2015, but decreased by 10.61% than 1,523,000 tons in July 2014.

According to the latest statistics of China customs, the domestic electrolytic manganese export volume was 31,438.023 tons, increased 18.9% than 25,496.38 tons in June 2015, and increased by 16.19% than in July 2014.

Above all, the silicon manganese industry consolidation is urgent. Furthermore, the cooperation and coordination among companies is essential to solve the difficult situation and acquire pricing power.