[Ferro-Alloys.com]Baosteel and Tsingshan Group lowered their tender prices of high-carbon ferrochrome for August by RMB50/MT Cr 50% basis and RMB100/MT Cr 50% basis respectively in the last week of July, and Tsingshan Group reduced its purchasing amount to 40,...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Spot and futures prices of chrome ores remained stable last week. Meanwhile, South African origin chrome ore concentrates were still in short as South Africa’s largest chrome ore miner can not accept new orders until September.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Chinese FeV was quoted at RMB62,000/mt by acceptance, as steel mills making overhaul decreased V alloy tender volumes. The transaction price was as low as RMB61,000/mt by acceptance. Overseas FeV price stabilized.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] According to the investigation of www.ferro-alloys.com, core wire market was peaceful last week in China. In Henan province, ex-work price of Ca98%min∮9㎜Ca wire stayed around RMB10,000-10,200/mt (USD1,639-1,672/mt).

Price drop swept all industries related to cored wires, it seemed. Companies providing cored wires machines are among those stricken by the wave.

This week, LME nickel price wobbled around the line of USD11 000. As a whole it seems held steady temperately.

This week, in the domestic market, high-grade FeNi price slipped a little while low-grade held steady. Low-grade type was mainly quoted at RMB160-180 per wet ton. Mid-grade type slightly abandoned RMB10 to around RMB300-320 per wet ton and high-grade lost RMB5...

This week, FeNi price slipped a little showing a disappointing performance. Low-grade one dropped RMB30 per ton quoted at around RMB1800-1820 per ton. And Mid-grade shed RMB10 per Ni traded at about RMB840-860 per Ni while high-grade type added RMB10 per Ni to...