China produced 78.98 million tonnes in March, down 1.7 percent year on year, as mills cut back production due to relatively high stockpiles and weak profits amid the novel coronavirus epidemic, according to government data.

Output of raw coal in China fell 0.5 percent year on year to 830 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2020, official data showed.

The 2009 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5590 yuan per ton on April 17.

For ferrosilicon market, neither the downstream demand nor the market activity was satisfactory.

Nickel ore market weekly comment(April 13th-April 17th): The prices of Laterite-Nickel ore was steble this week

Ferronickel market weekly comment(April 13th-April 17th) The price of high grade ferronickel price went up in this week

Electrolytic nickel market weekly comment(April 13th-April 17th) LME nickel price was not stable in general, so was the price of electrolytic nickel

LME nickel price trend on April 16th