The continuous weakness of LME Ni once again aroused the pessimistic mood of the participant ants, especially the traders and the steel mills. For FeNi manufactures, most of them still chose to hold the stock for the high nickel ores cost

Even though the demand for medium and high grade nickel ores from FeNi producers was still high, the weak LME Ni price made the buyers hesitate to buy the materials.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Silicon manganese 6517 is currently pricing at RMB5,850-5,950/mt in north and RMB6,000-6,100/mt in south, and RMB5,300-5,400/mt for 6014. High carbon ferromanganese 65 is now concentrating on 5,200-5,300/mt. Medium carbon ferromanganese 75C2...

Ferro-Alloys.com] In recent period, prices of Australian Mn46 lumps were falling to RMB32.5-33/mtu at southern ports while RMB33-34/mtu at northern ports. Meanwhile, Australian Mn48 sand ore were also edging down to RMB32

The market trend of import of ferroalloy as of 15 December 2014 is as follows.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]LME nickel price continued to fall on Thursday, Dec 18. The price began to dip sharply after an opening rise during Asian trading hours. The price almost offset the falling in the European trading hours, and the price kept relatively stable i...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese APT was offered at RMB131,000-132,000/mt (USD21,475-21,639/mt, export duty excluded), following its W concentrates cost. Many suppliers received little order, as downstream market was sluggish.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese W concentrates was offered at RMB79,000-80,000/mt (USD12,950-13,114/mt, export duty excluded), but transaction volumes were slim.