Brazil mainly produces ferrosilicon, calcium silicon and Si metal which are all high power-consuming industrial products and much rely on power supply.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese APT was offered at RMB-/mt by acceptance amid weak demand.

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

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Since Yunnan province enjoy high water season power price, reducing production cost allowed operation rates for manganese alloy factories to resume about 50%.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In the first half of 2014, China total imported 7.885 million tons of manganese ore, showing an increase of 6.9% compared to the same period of last year according to data conducted by Chinese custom statistics.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Overseas moly oxide price rose to USD-/lbMo, as European customers actively bought materials.

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

The company's pricing strategy is closely watched by Asian rivals such as POSCO, Hyundai Steel Co and Baosteel, which aim to boost exports to Japan.