OM Materials (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd (OMS), the first of three ferrosilicon alloy smelting plants that have been commissioned in Bintulu’s Samalaju Industrial Park, expects to reach phase-one full production in the second half of this year.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China’s major stainless steel makers lowered their tender prices of high-carbon ferrochrome for May last week. As the major downstream product of chrome ore, the decline would bring negative impact to the chrome ore market.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Except for TISCO, China’s major stainless steel makers, including Baosteel, JISCO and Tsingshan Group, released their tender prices of high-carbon ferrochrome for May last week, with a decline of RMB50/50MT for all of them.

According to the statistics of US International Trade Commission, American ferroalloy export volume was 8,036 mt in Mar 2015, up by 15.3% M-O-M and down by 22% Y-O-Y. The total export volume in Q1 2015 was 26,242mt, down by 22.3% Y-O-Y. The materials were main...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] In recent period, silicon manganese 6517 was quoted at RMB5,300-5,500/mt in North while RMB5,600-5,700/mt. High

[Ferro-Alloys.com]By the early period of May, there were no signs of further fluactuation in the price of imported manganes ore in China. Australian Mn46 lumps dropped to RMB25-26/mtu at ports in China. As for Mn48 sand ore, the price declined to RMB23.5-24.

The report further breaks down the various types of manganese alloys, starting with silicomanganese, which has been negatively affected price-wise due to slowed steel production and falling manganese ore prices. Specifically, production of the alloy in January...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It seems that silicon manganese producers in North failed to dip quotation as steel mills anticipiantion. Instead of RMB100-150/mt downtrend for steelmakers bidding,