According to China Customs, exports of Chinese magnesium serial products were 256.1 thousand tons in the period from January to July 2014, up 7.82% over the same period of 2013.

Silico Manganese prices have fallen this week as market participants continue to witness weak demand.

According to the investigation of www.ferro-alloys.com，electrolytic manganese metal (EMM) market in Europe was still high.

In India, most of silicon barium materials are imported from China. The mainstream imported price of SiBa in August was as follows, SiBa1-3# was at USD1700-1720/mt CIF, SiBa4-6# price was at USD1650/mt CIF and SiBa9-11# price was at USD1740-1750/mt.

Demand for manganese and silicon alloys has been sluggish in the Japan's market in late August. Indian SiMn (65% Mn; 16% Si) has gone down in price to $1，050-1，080/t CIF Japan (down $25/t)，

In recent period, prices for manganese and silicon alloys have been largely unchanged in the USA. SiMn (65% Mn; 17% Si) is sold in small batches at $0.58-0.60/lb ($1，280-1，325/t) DDP

[Ferro-Alloys.com] It is said that prices for rich manganese slag in Anyang area of Henan province kept steady with 1,350-1,450/mt without tax

China raised exports of noble alloys in July. Shipments of ferrovanadium rose by 21% to 628 t. Sales to Europe totalled 260 t (up more than 2 times), those to Japan ? 130 t (up 30%), and to South Korea ? 96 t (large unchanged).