It is reported that China totally inported 1.368 million tons of manganese ore in March of 2015 according to data provided by Chinese Customs Statistics, showing on the rise from 0.94 million tons in Feb.

With few purchases from domestic stainless steel plants, and the low prices offered by foreign countries, such as Japan and Korea. While in Europe, the price declined about USD50 per mt, so the price in china kept on decreasing and the export price also disord...

In this week, the price of selenium dioxide, raw material of electrolytic manganese metal, fell a little, about CNY185 per kg.

the price of electrolytic manganese metal in Europe fell about USD50-60 per mt.

All in all, the market price of EMM almost was the lowest, while for many reasons, such as the operation rate of enterprises, environmental protection, the price still kept low.

Because of some reasons, such as bad market conditions, low price, profits and environmental protection, Hunan Lio Investment & Commerce Co., Ltd., Hunan Jiuhua New Material Technology Co., Ltd. and others had to stop producing EMM and other manganese products...

Recently, the ex-work price of EMM in main producing areas was about CNY11,300-11,400/mt, while some large enterprises still insisted on CNY11,300-11,400/mt.

Parts of EMM Manufacturers' Operation Rate and Output in Hunan Province