[Ferro-Alloys.com]LME nickel price rose on Wednesday after hitting $16,483/t the previous day, which is a fresh five-month low, with the closed price at $17,474/t. The investors might take the slide as a buying opportunity ahead of expected shortages.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese APT was offered at RMB162,000-163,000/mt (USD26,557-26,721/mt, export duty excluded), but transacted at RMB158,000-159,000/mt (USD25,901-26,065/mt, export duty excluded). A Jiangxi APT supplier reported several sales to old customers....

Chemical Si metal prices increased slightly in late September in China.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] It is reported that China exported 1,094 tons of silicon manganese in August from 801 tons in July according to data provided by China Custom Statistics. In the first eight months, China totally exported only 2,943.9 tons of silicon manganes...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] It is reported that China totally imported 1.449 million tons of manganese ore during August, registering a slight downturn comparing to 1.523 million tons m-o-m according to data provided by China Custom Statistics.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeMo60 was offered at RMB94,000-95,000/mt (USD15,409-15,573/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. Major steel mills couldn’t support FeMo market, with deals concentrating on scattered buying activities. Steel mills’ tender price ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Overseas moly oxide transacted at USD11.4-11.5/lbMo, USD1/lbMo lower than last week. European steel mills’ operation rate was low, so local demand didn’t increase much. Japanese and S Korean customers were active in buying materials, and a ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The price began to fall after the market opened up on Tuesday (Sept. 23), hitting a new low this month at $16,483/t, and then started to rebound, closing at $17,179/t.