[Ferro-Alloys.com] Manganese ore Manganese ore exports reported a sharp increase year-on-year in March on increased trade with China and Ukraine.

India has now turned out to be the net steel exporter in 2013-1 4 after a gap of six years and is likely to maintain the momentum in 2014-1 5, as producers are looking to dock more overseas shipment to tide over subdued domestic consumption.

Deputy Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Susilo Siswoutomo says that copper mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia can extend its contract in 2019, when the next Cabinet ends its term.

The slower growth of China'ssteel demand in 2014 and 2015 was keeping with the country's economic development level as an industrial producer and reflected its change of economic model, said a senior official of an international industry association

The European Commission has opted to maintain antidumping duties on imports of ferrosilicon into the European Union from China and Russia following a market review, the EC said Thursday.

ASX-listed junior Gulf Minerals on Thursday unveiled plans to develop an alloy smelter facility in Indonesia with the aim of being a major ferromanganese producer by 2018.

In America, FeSi held at 97-99¢ per lb, ex-warehouse, week-on-week.

European Si metal prices were unchanged week-on-week.