A comparison of October shipments to the previous month of September shows the following changes: hot dipped galvanized sheet and strip, up 3 percent, cold rolled sheet, up three percent and hot rolled sheet, up two percent.

Qinghai ferroalloys output down 8.6% while crude steel output up 8.6% in Jan-Nov.

Siliconmanganese prices have risen this week

Siliconmanganese prices have risen this week

AISI reported that steel import permit applications for the month of November totaled 1,408,000 net tons (NT)*. .

The 2101 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 6800 yuan per ton on December 21.

South Korean steelmaker Posco and Australia's Fortescue Metals Group are set to collaborate on green hydrogen in a partnership that could see Posco importing both iron ore and renewable hydrogen from the latter.

Vanadium sustained upward