As downstream demand was weak, operation was bad. Many medium and small sized factories stopped production. Overall operation rate was about 25% at present. Meanwhile, foundry cored wire manufacturers were running better than steel cored wire manufacturers.

Silicon metal prices still maintained at high levels in early June......

Calcium silicon price was in chaos and slipped in China. different plants gave distinctive quotations and there were big gaps between prices......

EMM price in China continued to rise last week as operation was bad and spot supply was in shortage. In the manganese triangle area, mainstream ex-work price of manganese flake had climbed to RMB 12200-12400/mt (USD1968-2000/mt). In Huangpu Port, mainstream ex...

Cored wire market price was still stable in China last week. In Henan province, ex-work price of Ca98%min∮9㎜ pure calcium wire stayed around RMB 12200/mt (USD 2033/mt) .

Silicon manganese is currently quoted at RMB6,400-6,600/mt for 6517 while RMB5,700-5,800/mt for 6014. High carbon ferromanganese 65 is now priced at 5,600-5,800/mt. Medium carbon ferromanganese 75C2.0 with low p containing is focusing on RMB8,100-8,200/mt whil...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] In recent period, imported manganese ore spot market failed to show improvement. Mn46 lumps are now tumbling at RMB34-35/mtu and RMB34-34.5/mt for Mn48 sands. South African Mn38 lumps are dipping to around RMB29-30/mtu, Brazilian Mn 44-45 lu...

Mg price suffered sharp decline in China this week, with mainstream Shaanxi Mg99.90% price declining to RMB14,600-14,700/mt(USD2,338-2,354/mt), non-pickling ex-work tax-inclusive price in cash,