LME nickel inventory made a record of 306,828 tons at the time of trade closing on July 8 (= at the time of trade opening on July 9), and updated an all-time high record.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Poor demand on non-standard silicon manganese failed to improve as steel mills and foundries in equipment inspection in summer.

More Si Furnaces into Operation in China

The July 2014 bids for ferrosilicon had closed and most steel mills didn’t reduce purchase volume as predicted. What’s more, most steel mills raised purchase prices of ferrosilicon for July 2014 delivery in China, with China’s northern and northeastern ste...

South African FeCr played an import role in the world for its rich chrome ore resources. In 2013, the global FeCr exports was 5.67million tons, of which South African’s accounted for 51%.

According to the statistics, in June and July, the operating rate in high FeNi main producing areas was pretty low for the poor market condition and the environmental policy

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese vanadium pent oxide was offered at RMB-/mt by acceptance, as downstream V alloy suppliers purchased small volumes.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeV price maintained steady, as steel mills purchased small volumes. In the dull season, major mills didn’t launch much bid