OM HOLDINGS December 2021 Quarterly Production and Market.

The award of the new Manufacturing Technology (Smelting) Certificate Program aims to develop and upskill local talent pools in Sarawak.

In October 2021, the top three import sources of ferrosilicon (Si ≤ 55%) in the United States were Canada, Russia and Slovakia.

Prices have surged this year mainly because of a global power crisis, which added further pressure on current supply constraints for ferroalloys.

This is the details of China ferroalloys customs export and import tariff in 2022,and enforced from January 1st, 2022.

Demand also remains strong in Europe, with end user first-quarter tenders for over 3,000t and suppliers struggling to respond.

Production output for the quarter ended 30 September 2021 of 33,453 tonnes of ferrosilicon (“FeSi”), 59,307 tonnes of manganese alloys (silicomanganese (“SiMn”)) and 34,542 tonnes of manganese sinter ore.

US ferro-silicon (75pc) prices increased to $2.60-2.80/lb from $2.20-2.30/lb on 30 September.