It was acknowledged that in 2012, 42% Iran Chrome ores spot market was poor, the monthly average price of which basically maintained at RMB43.5-45.5/mtu.

From 2012 to half 1 of 2013, the Pakistan chrome ores spot price fluctuated largely. In the first half of 2012, the monthly average price of 42% Pakistan Cr ore spot was RMB44.5-47.5

Domestic offers for manganese ore from Balaghat remain unchanged, although the demand is low, in line with the lackluster market for manganese alloys, with little or no deals having been concluded, reported a miner source from the region. Currently in Balaghat...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese vanadium pent oxide was offered at RMB67,000-68,000/mt (USD10,983-11,147/mt, export duty excluded) . Downstream buyers were cautious to input raw materials, leading to greater difficulty in high-priced transaction.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeV50 was offered at RMB78,000-79,000/mt (USD12,786-12,950/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. In late month, downstream steel mills launched intensive tenders, increasing the entire demand. However, the steel overcapacity and fi...

Since end of Q3, 2014, international nickel price continued to decline, which significantly pulled down the high FeNi price. In Nov., 2014, Tisco settled the high FeNi benchmark price at RMB930/Ni, which decreased by RMB250/Ni than that of last month and RMB40...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Tsingshan Group and Baosteel have released their tender prices for high carbon ferrochrome in November, which remains the same in prices and purchasing volumes. The steadiness of high carbon ferrochrome can be seen through the new tender pric...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] At present, silicon manganese 6517 is quoted at 6,050-6,100/mt in Ningxia Province, and RMB6,100-6,200/mt in Inner Mongolia. In Yunnan, 6517 is focused on RMB6,000-6,100/mt by cash while RMB6,200-6,250/mt in Guangxi and Guizhou for higher po...