China has needed massive amount of raw commodities to build out the infrastructure in its booming economy. So, as that boom fades a bit, so too does the massive demand for these goods.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]: This week, the domestic silicon metal market continued downward in late July, while silicon metal downstream demand reduction, the domestic manufacturers to solve the inventory pressure to sale in lower price and buyers had to cut price, si...

Ferroalloy anti-dumping duties from the European Union should come in by September 2015, an industry source said.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China’s domestic high-carbon ferrochrome prices remained low after the decline of the tender prices from China’s major stainless steel mills in the beginning of July. According to China Customs data, China imported a total of 0.1868 million...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chrome ore prices kept stable in both spot and futures market. According China Customs data, China’s imported chrome ore totaled around 0.94 million tonnes in June, increasing by 7.8% over the previous month.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] According to the investigation of www.ferro-alloys.com, core wire market was peaceful last week in China. In Henan province, ex-work price of Ca98%min∮9㎜Ca wire stayed around RMB10,500-10,600/mt (USD1,721-1,737/mt).

According to statistic of National Bureau of Statistics of China, the silicon Manganese production in June 2015 was 1.005 million tons, widely up by 20% M-O-M and slightly up by 1.14% Y-O-Y. The total production in H1 of 2015 was 5.0265 million tons, slightly ...

Just four-five short years ago even the flimsiest prospect or project could look forward to lavish funding and a fat market cap. Today even those juniors doing the right thing at the right time still cannot attract investors to take it to the next level.