Cold-rolled strip steel is one of the major raw materials of cored wire. According to recent investigation of www.ferro-alloys.com,

Silicon metal price kept steady before New Year’s Day in China. And silicon metal price inclined slightly compared to last week.

Prices of imported iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports have sunk to their lowest levels this year, a report showed Dec 30, 2014.

The Ministry of Commerce scraps list of companies allowed to export molybdenum in 2015, in the latest adjustment to China's rare metals industry.

Japan Imports of FeSi Increased over 12.5% in November 2014

From end of 2013 to Q1 of 2014, the high FeNi price stayed at low standard, the mainstream price of which was RMB900-980/Ni. Since Q2, the high FeNi tender price stated to rebound, which rose to RMB1390/Ni, recording the latest new high since Apr. of 2012.

According to the statistics of 2014, the high ferronickel and Jinchuan 1# nickel price experienced a wave of ups and downs. In quarter 1, the high FeNi and Jinchuan 1# nickel price stayed at the low level since half of 2013.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese vanadium pent oxide offer decreased to RMB60,000-61,000(USD9,836-10,000/mt, export duty excluded).