[Ferro-Alloys.com] At present, silicon manganese 6517 is quoted at 6,050-6,100/mt in Ningxia Province, and RMB6,100-6,200/mt in Inner Mongolia. In Yunnan, 6517 is focused on RMB6,000-6,100/mt by cash while RMB6,200-6,250/mt in Guangxi and Guizhou for higher power prices.

As APEC is approaching, the mandatory emission reduction measures for the surrounding area in Beijing would be implemented by Chinese government to ensure good environmental quality during the Beijing conference. Under such situation, crude steel and ferroalloy operation in surrounding area would suffer hurdle. As for steel, take Tangshan for instance, it is predicted that more or less 2.4 million tons of steel may face to cut, accounting about 1.6 million tons of pig iron, steel production accounts for about one-third of Tangshan.

In tems of manganese alloy, it is said some silicon manganese plants in Fengzhen and Zhuozi county of inner Mongolia have been called for production to suspend two and three weeks. In addition to that, main production areas in south areas would face higher power during dry water season after November, taken that into consideration, the price for manganese alloy would expect to return steady

In general, given ample spot supply as a whole, whether or not contracted supply can boost silicon manganese future market would still depend on relationship between market demand and supply.

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