In the first half year of 2014, China imported 12.27million tons nickel ores from Philippines, which just rose by 10.93% compared with that of last year. Meanwhile, China imported 10.44million tons Ni ores from Indonesian, down by 64.9% year on year.

CaSi producers were faced with unsatisfying deals in the fierce competition with industrial counterparts in China. CaSi market prices seemed steady, while in fact producers were lowering their offers and traded prices were also on the decline.

Hot temperature and increasing demand from steel mills of Japan and South Korea in Q2 of 2014 together led to tight supply of ferrosilicon in June and July in China. The tight situation didn’t improve in early August. The majority of Chinese steel mils raised...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeMo price retreated to RMB-/mt by acceptance.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]European moly oxide price stabilized at USD-/lbMo after slight slip, as local demand somewhat weakened and transaction volume edged down.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It is reported that silicon manganese output totaled 165,996 tons in Fengzhen city of Inner Mongolia of China since this year,

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Currently, mainstream price of silicon manganese 6517 in Ningxia of China lingered about RMB6,250-6,300/mt with flat demand from parts of producers.

Widened Price Gap Existed Between Chinese BaSi Producers