[Ferro-Alloys.com]During the Easter Holidays, participants left the market, so overseas moly oxide price retreated to USD--/lbMo. After the holidays ended, the deals resumed and moly price rallied.

US Imports of FeSi Fell 40% in February of 2014

Exports of Chinese Silicon Metal Almost Doubled in March of 2014

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Since high production cost led most silicon manganese suppliers to suffer loss, coupled with flat demand, it seems that more suppliers have less interest on operation in recent period.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] This week, it seems that titanium market keep calm in China with no big change for quotation. FeTi30 price was kept at RMB was RMB11,400-11,500/mt(USD1,868.9-11,885.2/mt) 25%. And RMB12,000-12,100/mt

[Ferro-Alloys.com] According to the latest Customs statistic, China exported 106,673 tons of ferroalloys in Mar 2014, violently up by 97.5% M-O-M and down by 14% Y-O-Y. Meanwhile, China imported 227,630 tons in Mar., down by 12.2% M-O-M and up by 24.8% Y-O-Y. ...

[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...

Recently, spoken with many manufacturers, many silicon metal plants plan to restart furnaces in wet season. Meanwhile, the suppliers are not optimistic to future market. The increasing spot Si volumes in wet season may pull down the prices.