In late April, the social inventory of 5 varieties of steel in 20 cities was 16.24 million tons.

In Q1, 2020, Japan imported 96494.598 tons of ferrosilicon (>55%), down by 8.7% YoY.

Ferronickel market weekly comment(April 26th-April 30th) The price of high grade ferronickel price went up in this week

Nickel ore market weekly comment(April 26th-April 30th): The prices of Laterite-Nickel ore was stable this week

Electrolytic nickel market weekly comment(April 26th-April 30th) LME nickel price rose up in general, the price of electrolytic nickel was not stable

The 2009 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5830 yuan per ton on April 30.

Steel futures closed higher Thursday in daytime trading on the Shanghai Futures Exchange.

Japan Ferrosilicon (>55%) Imports in March down by 14.26% YoY.