In terms of steel mills purchase plan, Shao steel group in Guangdong area plans to increase silicon manganese purchase to 6,000 toms from average 4,000 tons in previous period, while high carbon ferromanganese remained 600 mt.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeMo price stabilized, but the tenders of mills were limited. FeMo deals were concentrated on scattered buying activities, transacting at RMB--/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. Traders held cautious attitude towards the market...

All in all, whether or not the new bidding price for steelmakers on ferromanganese purchasing can hold steady is still depend on relationship between market demand and supply.

In cast iron smelting, inoculant could be used to promote the graphitization, improve the graphite morphology and distribution.

Electrolytic manganese metal (EMM) is pure manganese metal and it should have been expensive. Unfortunately, as the industry started, many enterprises lowered price to occupy market share.

Furthermore, exchange rates fluctuation frequently also aggravates market potential risk. In fact, it is well known that Renminbi depreciation will increase production cost in importing manganese ore.

Furthermore, exchange rates fluctuation frequently also aggravates market potential risk. In fact, it is well known that Renminbi depreciation will increase production cost in importing manganese ore.

FeSi producers were in deficit and overall operation rate kept low in some main production regions, which indicated the output would be affected.