Philippines played a import role in global nickel ores trading. In 2013, global nickel ores exports reached 117.43million tons, of which Philippines’ Ni ores amounted to 46.21million tons, accounting for 39% of the total, closely followed by Indonesia.

In middle of Sept., the high ferronickel price in Chinese market declined by RMB5-10/Ni once again. In Inner Mongolia, the price was mainly quoted at RMB1250-1260/Ni and in Shandong and Jiangsu provinces, it was RMB1260-10270/Ni (ex-works price with tax). One ...

Amid low production in Meghalaya, material supply has been low and this has escalated demand for Bhutan-origin material. Earlier in this week, several deals of Bhutan-origin Ferro silicon 70-75% min were confirmed to have been concluded at around INR 78,500/MT...

In mid-September, Si metal price kept increasing. There were no stocks in most factories.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese APT was offered at RMB163,000-164,000/mt (USD26,721-26,885/mt, export duty excluded) due to sluggish demand. APT transaction price lowered with its raw materials cost. APT suppliers produced according to their orders. It is expected t...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]LME nickel price almost hit the four-month lowest price on Sept. 16 with a intraday lowest at $17,700/t, while the lowest price from May 1 to day is $17,770/t.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese vanadium pent oxide was offered at RMB69,000-70,000/mt (USD11,311-11,475/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. The operation rate and inventory of suppliers were too low, so the entire supply in the market was limited. Most vanadiu...

In the manganese triangle area, mainstream ex-work price of manganese flake stayed at RMB 12800-13000/mt (USD2065-2097/mt).