[Ferro-Alloys.com] This week, Chinese manganese ore spot market kept steady though business in good shape. Thanks to increasing output for silicon manganese, transaction for imported manganese ore market in China showed improvement in recent period. However, g...

Chrome ore prices of Odisha mining Corporation (OMC) have increased for the outside-state buyers in the e-auction held on 20 Aug, 2014. However, for the Odisha based buyers, it has declined for few grades.

Organosilicon price increased and the DMC price was RMB 16800-17500/mt in mid August in China. There were no stocks in most organosilicon factories, so chemical Si metal prices rose. Factories all produced chemical Si metal by orders.

The imported CaSi volume from China was about 200 tons in August in India.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese APT was offered at RMB-/mt, but real transaction price was RMB-/mt .

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeW was offered at RMB-/mt by acceptance.

London Metal Exchange nickel has spurted from US$6.31 a pound in December 2013 to US$8.64 in July and should climb to US$10.75 in 2015 and US$12 in 2016, the Scotiabank report says.

It was assessed that Ferro Chrome producers were unwilling to correct offers on the background of high production costs from winter power tariffs in South Africa and tight supply as well as high prices of Chrome ore in India. Sellers also had limited spot mate...