In recent two months, the high FeNi operating rates was low and meanwhile many producers held the stock. However, the total supply in Chinese market was still high, and the main reason was that many steel mills cut down the purchasing volume.

This week both the spot and futures of Cr ores kept stable and the stock at Chinese main ports maintained low level. Affected by the high FeCr operating rate in North areas,

In Aug., the FeCr benchmark price was further cut down by RMB50/mt for large supply. And the suppliers had already reduced their ex-works price.

Chinese calcium silicon market kept stable in August. Meanwhile, the calcium silicon export market in China was still depressed with widened price gap.

It’s reported that South African ferrochrome suppliers are offering 127 cents/lb for buyers in Japan for the third quarter, down by 3 cents/lb from the previous offering.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Chinese FeV Price kept steady. In late month, the new round of tenders of mills started.

The last week of July saw continued decline of low-grade Si metal and steady prices of chemical-grade Si metals. The export market of Chinese Si metal became slow with difficult deals. Most Si metal producers had normal production and they were producing Si me...

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