[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese APT was offered at RMB131,000-132,000/mt (USD21,475-21,639/mt, export duty excluded), following its W concentrates cost. Many suppliers received little order, as downstream market was sluggish.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese W concentrates was offered at RMB79,000-80,000/mt (USD12,950-13,114/mt, export duty excluded), but transaction volumes were slim.

Market Prices of Ferrosilicon Showed an Upturn only in Q3 of 2014 in China

Venezuela has restarted production from the Loma de Niquel ferronickel asset it took from mining giant Anglo American (AAL.L) in 2012 after cancelling its licenses, data from an industry body showed this week.

Export market of silicon metal price kept weak in late December in China. Christmas holiday was coming and silicon metal foreign orders were few, said traders.

In the manganese triangle area, mainstream ex-work price of manganese flake decreased to RMB11800-12000/mt (USD1903-1935/mt).

[Ferro-Alloys.com] On December 16th，2014, Chinese Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council has announced 2015 Import and Export Tariffs Schedules, which will come into force as of Jan 1st， 2015. The export tariffs on ferroalloys products keep the same ...

Entering Mid-Dec., inquires and purchases for medium and high grade nickel ores was still active. Despite of the downturn LME Ni price in recent two weeks, the spot price of medium and high grade nickel ores stayed stable as Ni 1.7% was quoted at RMB530-540/we...