Low-water seasons were coming in the south of China. Some silicon metal mills had to shut up or reduce production to cope with high costs.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]IIt is said that Shasteel Group already released purchase plan on raw material for December in China. Among of this, the group planned to cut

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It is said that China totally produced 980 thousand tons of silicon manganese in October this year, showing a slightly downtrend from the same period of last year around one million tons. Meanwhile, the total ouput of silicon manganeses in th...

In Oct. 2014, China imported 121.6thousand tons ferrochrome, which decreased by 13.89% and 2.12% month on month and year on year, recording the lowest level in recent 14 months. In detail, South African FeCr was 74.8thousand tons, decreasing by 29.5% month on ...

In Oct. 2014, China imported 666.8thousand tons chrome ore, which decreased by 25.4% and 33% month on month and year on year, recording the lowest level in recent 23months. In addition, compared with the same period of last year, most of the minerals’ imports...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]LME Nickel has rallied continuously for the previous two weeks, with a marked rise at 6.06% last week. Up to Nov 24, the price gained an increase of 13.3% after hitting a ten-month low at 14690.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Overseas moly oxide transacted at USD9.3-9.4/lbMo, which was pulled up by increased trading activities. USD9.1/lbMo was the price low level, traders are willing to buy materials at this point.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeMo price stabilized at RMB91,000-92,000/mt (USD14,918-15,081/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance, after a brief slip.