China has needed massive amount of raw commodities to build out the infrastructure in its booming economy. So, as that boom fades a bit, so too does the massive demand for these goods.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]: This week, the domestic silicon metal market continued downward in late July, while silicon metal downstream demand reduction, the domestic manufacturers to solve the inventory pressure to sale in lower price and buyers had to cut price, si...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China’s domestic high-carbon ferrochrome prices remained low after the decline of the tender prices from China’s major stainless steel mills in the beginning of July. According to China Customs data, China imported a total of 0.1868 million...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chrome ore prices kept stable in both spot and futures market. According China Customs data, China’s imported chrome ore totaled around 0.94 million tonnes in June, increasing by 7.8% over the previous month.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] According to the investigation of www.ferro-alloys.com, core wire market was peaceful last week in China. In Henan province, ex-work price of Ca98%min∮9㎜Ca wire stayed around RMB10,500-10,600/mt (USD1,721-1,737/mt).

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Chinese FeV was offered at RMB63,000-64,000/mt by acceptance. In late July, there were scattered deals in the market, as steel mills made overhaul and cut output. FeV50 tender price slipped to RMB64,000/mt by acceptance. Overseas FeV price s...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] As new round bidding of steel mills is on the way, there was no big fluctuation in the price of manganese alloys. In fact, since this year, manganese alloy suppliers can only maintain thin profit by means of large quantities of sale. Under s...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]There was no big fluctuation in the price of imported manganese ore spot in China though underperformance of manganese alloys. Australian Mn46 lumps maintained at RMB25-26/mtu at ports in China. As for Mn48 sand ore, the price remained at RMB...