US Imports of Ferrosilicon Decreased over One Thousand Tons in January to October 2014

According to the statistics of US International Trade Commission, American other unlisted ferroalloy export volume was 1686 mt in Oct 2014, up by 115% M-O-M and up by 178.6% Y-O-Y. The total export volume in Jan-Oct 2014 was 9625mt, up by 84.4% Y-O-Y.

According to the statistics of US International Trade Commission, American ferroalloy export volume was 11,938 mt in October 2014, up by 17.4% M-O-M and up by 7% Y-O-Y. The total export volume in Jan-Oct of 2014 was 109,638 mt, up by 9.8% Y-O-Y.

Japanese spot silicomanganese prices continued to fall this week amid a supply glut as consumption continues to fall across China, India and Europe, market sources said Thursday, December 4.

As more steelmakers knocked down bidding price on manganese alloys, it is estimated that tendency for alloys in December also becomes clear. Silicon

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Chinese FeV50 was offered at RMB74,000-75,000/mt (USD12,131-12,295/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. At the end of last month, steel mills entered the market for raw materials, with the transaction price lowering further.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Most ferrochrome producers in Inner Mongolia have resumed their high carbon ferrochrome production, but the less-than-expected output of high carbon ferrochrome impacted by the arrival of winter has made the supply remain a little tight, addi...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Though most ferrochrome producers has resumed their production gradually. The producers haven’t increased their purchase amount for chrome ores, because the plants were using the stock, adding the low production rate in southern China,