Several steel mills in China released their purchase price of SiMn in July and overall price increased a little.

US electrolytic manganese metal rose to USD 120-125 per lb, ex- warehouse, after initial declines earlier this month.

Prices for European medium-carbon widened this week to USD 1,145-1,205 per mt, DDP, as buyers moved in the spot market

Prices for silicomanganese dropped this past week in the US from USD59.5-61 per lb, ex-warehouse, to USD 58.5 per lb as the low,

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeW price kept steady, as steel mills purchased normal volumes.

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

Since 2014， the exports of high carbon ferrochrome was still pretty weak. For low carbon ferrochrome, its exports volume also presented a downturn trend in recent years.

ne of the major reasons was the downturn production of steel mills. It was learned that Posco, Jisco and some other steel mills had already planned to overhaul.