South African manganese ore exports to India more than doubled in the first six months of 2014, compared with the same period last year, helping to drive a 39% rise in exports from the country overall.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] According to statistic National Bureau of Statistic of China, China export 85041tons of silicon metal in July, up by 26.6% Y-O-Y, and materials were mainly shipped to S.Korea and Japan with quantities respectively at 18092 tons and 15078 ton...

In H1 of 2014, Chinese polysilicon production was 62000 tons, up by 100% Y-O-Y. It accounted for 41% of global production. PV modules production was 15.5GW, up by 34.8% and accounting for 60% of global production. And imported polysilicon was 55900 tons, incre...

According to statistic of Korea Customs, S.Korea imported 12,902 tons of silicon metal in July 2014, slightly up M-O-M and up by 30.8% Y-O-Y. The materials were mainly imported from China, Norway and South Africa with import volumes respectively at 10679 tons,...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Global high carbon ferromanganese exports during 2004-2008 maintained at 1.2-1.36 million tons according to data provided by global trade statistics. Affected by the economic crisis, the exports showed an abrupt declining with only 666.184 th...

According to the statistics of US International Trade Commission, America imported 14319 mt of silicon metal in June, 2014, up by 10.2% M-O-M. The materials were mainly imported from Brazil (6334mt), South Africa (2110mt), Australia (1368mt), Canada (1763mt), ...

Japan Imports of FeSi Hit New High in June 2014

World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 137 million tonnes (Mt) in June 2014, an increase of 3.1% compared to June 2013.