The ferrosilicon trading volume continued staying low this week.

Nickel ore market weekly comment(August 5th- August 9th): The prices of Laterite-Nickel ore rose up this week

Ferronickel market weekly comment(August 5th- August 9th) The high grade ferronickel price went up largely, the price of low grade ferronickel was stable

Electrolytic nickel market weekly comment(August 5th- August 9th) LME nickel price went up largely in general, so did the electrolytic nickel price

The Chinese silicon export market continued to remain stable week on week for the third consecutive week.

Demand for flat steel in Turkey was only moderate in July because of the seasonal summer slowdown.

The concentrate and pellet segments of the seaborne iron ore market continued to experience lackluster trading last week.

The weekly Fastmarkets price assessment for steel slab export, fob main port Brazil was $425-435 per tonne last Friday August 2.