According to statistic National Bureau of Statistic of China, Chinese ferroalloy production was totally 22.2236 million tons in Jan-Jul of 2014, up by 11.7% Y-O-Y. The production in July was 3.085million tons, down by 11.9% M-O-M and up by 10.1% Y-O-Y.

World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 137 million tonnes (Mt) in July 2014, an increase of 1.7% compared to July 2013.

According to the statistic, Chinese calcium carbide production was 2.018 million tons in July, up by 19.9% Y-O-Y. However, it dropped 9.5% compared with than in Jun 2014. In Jan-Jul, 2014, total production was 13.82 million tons, up by 8.7% Y-O-Y.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China exported 26mt ferrotitanium in June,2014, up 44% M-o-M (18mt) and down 7% Y-o-Y (28mt).

Exports of Norway FeSi Slumped Approximately 30% in July 2014

According to the statistics of Korea Customs, Korea’s ferroalloy import volume was 79,513 mt in July 2014, down by 27.9% M-O-M and down by 27.9% Y-O-Y. The import sources and volumes were as the followings, South Africa, 26,814 mt, China, 25,462 mt, India, 10...

According to the statistics of US International Trade Commission, American ferroalloy export volume was 9720 mt in June 2014, dropping down by 12.6% M-O-M and up by 8.6% Y-O-Y. The total export volume in H1 of 2014 was 66,214mt, up by 8.3% Y-O-Y.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In June, 2014, China exported 259.3mt APT, 9.7% higher than last June (236.2mt) and 25.8% lower than May (349.5mt).