In Q2， Japan's Mizushima Ferroalloy retained HC FeMn production at the Q1 level of 41，300 t， of which 20% were sold and the rest used in the company's refined FeMn manufacture. As a result， LC and MC FeMn output totalled 22，500 t.
This year， sales of HC FeMn are planned at 30，000-40，000 t and those refined material - 90，000 t.
Mizushima Ferroalloy is equipped with a 165，000 t furnace producing HC FeMn and a 100，000 tpy converter producing MC and LC alloys. The plant's capacity utilization rates are maximal right now. The output is mostly sold to the domestic market under long-term contracts. 0nly 5% of it exported.
 

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