In September and October 2014 there were some new large ferrosilicon furnaces into operation and the overall operation rate much improved in some production regions.

Chinese Mg Ingot Producers Showed Unwillingness to Continue Lowering Quotations in China

[Ferro-Alloy.com]Most of China’s steel mills have raised their December purchasing prices for high carbon ferrochrome, which released the downtrend pressure of chrome ores. Currently, the prices for most chrome ores remained stable.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]As most steel mills raised their purchasing prices of ferrochrome for December, 2014, the domestic ferrochrome prices started to rebound. Meanwhile, the supply remained a little tight and there were purchasers awaiting to make orders from the...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Chinese FeV was offered at RMB77,000-78,000/mt (USD12,622-12,786/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Chinese FeMo60 was offered at RMB90,000-91,000/mt (USD14,754-14,918/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance.

In the manganese triangle area, mainstream ex-work price of manganese flake dropped from RMB12600-12800/mt (USD2032-2065/mt) to

[Ferro-Alloys.com] This week, Australian Mn46 lumps are currently focused on RMB33.5-34.5/mtu andRMB33-33.5/mtu for Mn48 sand ore. South African Mn38 lumps are pricing at RMB28.5-29.5/mtu while RMB32-33/mtu for Mn32%Fe20%. Gabonese Mn 45-46 lumps are now linge...