World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 137 million tonnes (Mt) in June 2014, an increase of 3.1% compared to June 2013.

According to statistic of Japan Customs, Japan imported 13233 tons of silicon metal, up by 55.8% Y-O-Y.

According to the statistics of Japan Customs, Japan’s ferroalloy export volume was 21061 mt in Jun 2014, down by 5.8% M-O-M and up by 23.7% Y-O-Y.

EMM market in China was generally stable last week. In the manganese triangle area, mainstream ex-work price of manganese flake stayed around RMB 12500-12700/mt (USD2016-2048/mt).

Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. (YGE) led a weekly decline among the most-traded Chinese solar manufacturers in New York on concern their profits will be hurt as the U.S. seeks to curb imports.

China's securities watchdog has approved the listing of ferroalloy futures on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) in Henan Province.

In Aug., the FeCr benchmark price was further cut down by RMB50/mt for large supply. And the suppliers had already reduced their ex-works price.

At the end of July, the nickel ores trading was still not optimistic as the buyers in Chinese market tried to pressure the price while the sellers held the price for rise.