Firstly, the dollar’s appreciation suppressed bulk commodity prices seriously including nickel metal. Since 2015, the dollar index rose to 96.650 from 90.291 in early, up 7.04%. Its average price in 2015 is 95.29, 18.77% higher than that of the same period in...

The administrator of Hunan Environmental Protection Administration expressed that 6 EMM enterprises and 3 sulfuric acid enterprises had been shut down now, and all ferroalloys factories didn’t work and carry on renovate in the next step. At present, there are...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China's major stainless steel makers lowered their tender prices of high-carbon ferrochrome in July, breaking previous bottom and creating a new low.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese vanadium pent oxide was quoted at RMB54,000-55,000/mt, suffering downward pressure as downstream buying was sluggish. Vanadium pent oxide suppliers had a huge inventory, only to sell materials at low level for cash flow, but the real ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeV50 was offered at RMB63,000-64,000/mt by acceptance. In mid-month, steel mills made overhaul and cut output, decreasing the demand of FeV. The transaction price went lower to RMB62,500/mt by acceptance.

[ferro-alloys.cn] The price of silicon metal is still falling in China，and it is hard to rebound.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In summer, overseas moly suppliers quitted the market for holidays. Low operation rate of steel mills degraded the demand for raw materials, so the entire transaction of moly was limited.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In mid-July, Chinese FeMo price dropped to RMB65,000/mt by acceptance. Steel mills cut the tender volume in the slack season, the transaction price drifted lower.