January to October Exports of Chinese Ferrosilicon Surpassed over 94 Thousand Tons of the Same Period of 2013

According to the latest statistics, China imported 30714tons ferronickel in Oct., 2014, which increased by 45% compared with that of last year, recording the highest monthly point since Aug., 2009,

According to statistic National Bureau of Statistic of China, Chinese ferroalloy production in October was 3.3533 million tons, up by 2.9% M-O-M and up by 0.64% Y-O-Y. And the production was totally 31.247 million tons in Jan-Oct of 2014, up by 6.25% Y-O-Y.

According to the latest Customs statistic, China exported 51,513.5 tons of ferroalloys in October 2014, which continued dropping down for 4 months but up by 36% Y-O-Y. The exported materials included 40,160 tons of ferrosilicon， which was also reduced from th...

In Oct. 2014, China imported 666.8thousand tons chrome ore, which decreased by 25.4% and 33% month on month and year on year, recording the lowest level in recent 23months. In addition, compared with the same period of last year, most of the minerals’ imports...

In Oct. 2014, China imported 121.6thousand tons ferrochrome, which decreased by 13.89% and 2.12% month on month and year on year, recording the lowest level in recent 14 months. In detail, South African FeCr was 74.8thousand tons, decreasing by 29.5% month on ...

World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 137 million tonnes (Mt) in October 2014, the same compared to October 2013.

According to the statistics, in recent years, the nickel ores exports to China from Philippines in Rainy season (Nov. to Mar. of next year) basically present a rising trend.