According to the statistics of Japan Customs, Japan’s ferroalloy export volume was 24,454 mt in Dec, 2014, more than 2 times than that in Nov, and down by 32.4% Y-O-Y. The total export the whole year of 2014 was 231,475 mt, slightly down by 3.6% Y-O-Y.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]MERAFE Resources’ full-year ferrochrome production volumes for 2014 were 5 percent higher than the previous year.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeMo transacted at RMB80,000-81,000/mt (USD13,114-13,278/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. In early month, steel mills purchased small volumes, and delayed payment, so FeMo suppliers held pessimistic attitude.

The management of BHP's spin-off of unwanted assets, South32, will have little choice but to chase acquisitions if they want to pursue growth, according to Deutsche Bank.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Overseas moly oxide price slipped to USD8.7-8.8/lbMo amid soft demand.

This document was drafted by Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences. It was based on current

High-grade silicon metal price kept firm in early February in China.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The output value of Qinghai Huatie Metal Limited in 2014 totaled 736.462 million yuan, with an year-on-year increase of 1.45%. Meanwhile, the company still faced the inventory problem and capital pressure.