Ferro chrome price went up alot since April and the main treand is sky upward and why other alloys dropped except Ferro chrome ?...

Due to the gloomy market, the average operating rate in China kept as low as 50~60%. Some of the plants have stopped production for a long time. However, quite few plants are at full capability. Seen from the districts, Qinghai has a higher operation rate of ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The new Environmental Law came into effect on Jan 1, 2015, which was called the most severe one in China's history. The new law increased the penalties to the companies who broke the law by closing down the factories and administrative deten...

Chinese calcium silicon market kept stable in August although some producers cut their offers slightly. Presently, there are about 10 sets of furces with capability at or above 30000KVA in production.

Since July 2014, metallurgical grade Si metal prices had declined much and became basically stable in mid August 2014 in China. Editor of www.ferro-alloys.com made an analysis of silicon metal price changes in terms of supply and demand.

In August, Chinese calcium carbide supply was much affected by tightened hazardous material transportation inspection.

In second ten-day of August, silicon metal price in US spot market rose up again due to shortage supply of materials from Brazil and Australia.

Chinese calcium silicon market kept stable in August. Meanwhile, the calcium silicon export market in China was still depressed with widened price gap.