Chinese calcium silicon market kept stable in the third ten-day of July with no improvement for transactions and demand.

As overall operation of FeCr manufacturers was bad, Cr ore transaction was bad. In spot market, chrome ore from South Africa with Cr 40-42% was RMB29.5-31.5/mtu

EMM market in China was generally stable last week. In the manganese triangle area, mainstream ex-work price of manganese flake stayed around RMB 12500-12700/mt (USD2016-2048/mt).

This week the high FeNi price decreased by RMB10/mt as ferronickel (Ni 10-15%) was at RMB1, 280-1,300/Ni. In mid of July, the high FeNi price advantage increased slightly compared with nickel metal

As of mid-July，the Indonesian policy was still firm and the market generally expected that the election would not change the present condition. As the Philippines could not make up the gap, it was predicted that the high Ni ores supply would be tight in

This week High C FeCr prices kept steady at , ex-work tax-inclusive price in cash. But spot prices of imported FeCr went down RMB100/mt(USD16/mt) from last week.

In mid July 2014 Si metal remained steady in China and most grades of Si enjoyed firm prices. As demand for Si metal kept strong from June 2014 to early July in China, Si metal producers were faced with tight supply over demand. In mid July 2014, some produce...

This week was still within mid July, but some steel mills started bids for ferrosilicon for August delivery in China. Shaogang Group would purchase 1,000 mt of ferrosilicon for August, flat with last month. FeSi producers had steady operation rates, small furn...