Ferrosilicon producers had few or none spot materials in China in late May and steel mills’ June purchase volumes were expected to keep nearly the same as May. Large ferrosilicon producers had taken the lead in offering higher prices and June purchase price w...

This week the South African chrome ores future price rose by USD5-10/mt while the spot price increased by RMB0.5-1/mtu.

At the end of May, the ferrochrome price kept stable, waiting for the new round of purchasing from steel mills. Now the mainstream price of high carbon ferrochrome was RMB6,500/mt.

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.

Steel mills had released the purchasing price, which mainly fluctuated between RMB1, 440-1,450/Ni (delivery price with tax).

[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.