The 2101 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5900 yuan per ton on November 17.

Nickel price trend on November 17th

LME nickel price trend on November 16

In October, the largest finished steel import permit applications for offshore countries were for South Korea.

In September 2020, U.S. steel mills shipped 6,662,904 net tons.

Adjusted year-to-date production through November 14, 2020 was 68,959,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 66.9 percent.

But the October exports fell by 15.5pc from a year earlier, according to preliminary customs data. January-October exports fell by 19.3pc from a year earlier to 44.43mn t.

January-October imports rose by 73.9pc from a year earlier to 17.71mn.