According to the statistics of Korea Customs, Korea’s ferroalloy import volume was 67,332 mt in March 2015, down by 17.8% M-O-M and down by 40.7% Y-O-Y. The total import volume in Q1 2015 was 262,894 mt, slightly down by 4.2% Y-O-Y.

Since May 1st, the 20% export tax of FeP would be cancelled then. At the end of Apr., the quotes were generally declined while the rate varied. The

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese titanium concentrates transacted at low level, but it poised to improve after the operation rate increased in April.

According to the production research of www.ferroalloys.com, in Guizhou province, one major producing area of China, the ferrophosphorus enterprises closed down for the environmental problems and

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeMo was offered at RMB77,000-78,000/mt by acceptance. Major steel mills such as Baosteel and Taiyuan Iron & Steel will enter the market, whose tender price affects FeMo trend. A steel mills in East China tendered 120mt FeMo, transact...

He said the major sources of foreign investment came from Japan with RM5.1 billion in chemical products (polysilicon) and Japan/South Africa/Taiwan joint venture with an investment of RM1.25 billion in basic metal products (ferro manganese).

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China's domestic high-carbon ferrochrome prices kept strong since February 2015, while the prices became weaker in mid-April with a slight fall in the prices. One is because of increasing high-carbon ferrochrome output as the production rate ...

According to the latest Customs statistic, China exported 82,596 tons of ferroalloys (products with HS code below 7202 and silicon metal with HS code 28046900) in March 2015, dropping down by 1% M-O-M and down by 22.6% Y-O-Y. In Q1, 2015, the total export volu...