By now the Indonesian policy was still firm. Even though the election in July was one factor for the change, the President of the Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia said the export ban was likely to be abolished.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeV market kept steady, but deals were relatively small. Only there were occasional tenders visible, with bids stabilizing at -/mt by acceptance. Steel mills had much difficulty of drawing up raw materials market due to their flat pe...

Many calcium metal manufacturers in China stopped production since 2014. Spot shortage became obvious since March and market price climbed gradually.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] It seems that low caron ferromanganese market in China failed to show any signs of picking up, pushing some of producers declined to offer wholesale price.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeMo price continued to rise, as steel mills raised their tender prices. Steel output uptick offered strong support for upstream moly materials market in May. In addition that, increasing moly concentrates cost also elevated FeMo quot...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] In recent period, price of silicon manganese 6014 kept a slight fluctuation in Guangxi province of China. It is quoted at RMB5,280-5,300/mt without tax by cash in Guangyang area while

[Ferro-Alloys.com] At the 11th China Ferro-alloys international confenerce, Mr. Wang Yue, General manager of Shanghai Jinneng Resource Co.，ltd expressed that import manganese ore supply has exceeed market demand in China for several years. Despite Chinese st...

The high FeNi cost and the insufficient supply made many steel mills turn to buy more low ferronickel ore nickel metal.