At the end of Dec., the LME Ni price had already declined for three weeks, which pushed down the ferronickel price. Even though inquires for medium and high grade nickel ores was still active, the offers from buyers decreased. This week the medium and high gra...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China imported about 0.51 million tonnes of chrome ores in Nov 2014, down 22.6% over the previous month; China's import volume of chrome ores in Jan-Nov 2014 totaled 8.66 million tonnes, down 21.78% compared with the same period last year.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Most of the largest stainless steel makers in China released their Jan 2014 tender prices for high-carbon ferrochrome, JISCO at RMB6450/50MT (Acceptance Works Price), Tsingshan Group at RMB6500/50MT (Works Price Cash) and Baosteel at RMB6450/...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Dec 15-19, LME nickel price took a sharp fall with a week high at 16860 and low at 15200, closing at 15600, down 6.45% during the week. The price continued to fall in the first four days of the week,

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The spot prices of China’s chrome ores remained stable last week under the support of rising ferrochrome prices in Dec 2014. However, China’s import tariff of high-carbon ferrochrome turned to 0 in 2015,

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China’s high-carbon ferrochrome prices remained stable last week with a little tight supply, and it is expected that the prices would keep the same level in Jan 2015. According to the official documents, China’s export tariff of ferrochrome...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Chinese FeV price edged down amid sluggish demand, but the entire deal volume in the market was slim. Steel mills had little profit, pressing tender price to the new low RMB72,000-73,000/mt (USD11,803-11,967/mt, export duty excluded) by acce...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeMo price softened, as steel mills tendered small volumes. Transaction price lowering to RMB88,000/mt (USD14,426/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. Overseas moly oxide price rallied, transacting at USD9.1/lbMo.