According to the statistic, Chinese calcium carbide production was 2.018 million tons in July, up by 19.9% Y-O-Y. However, it dropped 9.5% compared with than in Jun 2014. In Jan-Jul, 2014, total production was 13.82 million tons, up by 8.7% Y-O-Y.

EVRAZ plc, a major steel company in Russia has recently announced that it concluded an agreement to sell 34% of issued shares in EVRAZ Highveld Steel and Vanadium Ltd., South Africa. EVRAZ itself still has a 51% shareholding.

All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce announced the “2014 top 500 private enterprises of China” recently.

Manganese ore prices remain unchanged amid lackluster Manganese Alloy market. Reportedly, demand for imported ore is much higher in the domestic market.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It is reported that silicon manganese 6014 in Hunan was quoted at RMB5,200/mt (without VAT by cash, the same as below), and transaction prices were concentrated on RMB5,150-5,180/mt.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China exported 26mt ferrotitanium in June,2014, up 44% M-o-M (18mt) and down 7% Y-o-Y (28mt).

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeTi 30 was offered at RMB-/mt by acceptance.

Xiangtan Jurong Science Technology Co.,LTD.（Xiangtan Jurong） is an important SeO2 provider of China. It has nine producing lines and present annual capacity is as much as 2,000 mt.