[Ferro-Alloys.com] In mid- August, low operation rates of electrolytic manganese metal allowed manganese producers to tend to hold price

Chinese Calium silicon market still kept gloomy in the mid-August with ex-work prices at RMB9,000/mt and RMB8,800/mt for CaSi30# and CaSi28#. In August, the capability utilization rate and transaction have no improvement now.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]There was little fluctuation in the price of ferrosilicon in mid-August. Given poor sale and increasing capital pressure, some alloy suppliers forced to put price drop by RMB50/mt from the prior week.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] In recent period, poor performance of manganese alloys in China failed to improve. As sale and capital pressure, some producers have a strong desire to sell products which aggravated market competition

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In mid August, Australian Mn46 lumps kept at RMB25-25.5/mtu at ports in China. As for Mn48 sand ore, the price remained at RMB23.5-24/mtu in China.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It is said that CML already released September manganese ore shipment to China, Australian

As steel mills adjusted down purchase price and pays slow, it posed threat for cash flow of cored wires producers, their pressure surged.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In June, 2015, China exported 203mt APT, down 21.6% Y-o-Y(259mt) and 17.4% M-o-M(246mt).