Silicon metal market was unstable, and the price fell clearly in April. Now, because of the rain period in Yunnan and Sichuan main production district, so the silicon metal price is falling obviously

[Ferro-Alloys.com] As further downtrend of steelmakers bidding for May, it seems that silicon manganese spot market in China would be still hard to get out of dropping for the whole month.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Since May, 1st, 2015, Chinese government will change resource tax of rare earth, W and Mo from ad specific to valorem tax.

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]This week LME nickel price rebounded a little, which closed at USD13455/mt on Apr.29th, rising by USDE740/mt than last week while nickel stock

[Ferro-Alloys.com] By the end of April, the result of Hebei and Steel Group bidding on manganese for May further impacted on alloy future market.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] By the end of the month, Australian Mn46 lumps dropped to RMB25-26/mtu at ports in China. As for Mn48 sand ore, the price declined to RMB23.5-24.5/mtu in China.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China’s domestic high-carbon ferrochrome output was still in an uptrend, adding that the monthly import volume of high-carbon ferrochrome exceeded 0.2 million tonnes in the previous four months, which made a sufficient supply in domestic mar...