According to China Customs, exports of Chinese magnesium serial products were 256.1 thousand tons in the period from January to July 2014, up 7.82% over the same period of 2013.

According to the investigation of www.ferro-alloys.com，electrolytic manganese metal (EMM) market in Europe was still high.

In India, most of silicon barium materials are imported from China. The mainstream imported price of SiBa in August was as follows, SiBa1-3# was at USD1700-1720/mt CIF, SiBa4-6# price was at USD1650/mt CIF and SiBa9-11# price was at USD1740-1750/mt.

Demand for manganese and silicon alloys has been sluggish in the Japan's market in late August. Indian SiMn (65% Mn; 16% Si) has gone down in price to $1，050-1，080/t CIF Japan (down $25/t)，

In recent period, prices for manganese and silicon alloys have been largely unchanged in the USA. SiMn (65% Mn; 17% Si) is sold in small batches at $0.58-0.60/lb ($1，280-1，325/t) DDP

[Ferro-Alloys.com] It is said that prices for rich manganese slag in Anyang area of Henan province kept steady with 1,350-1,450/mt without tax

Buyers have been slow to close contracts in the South Korean export market for manganese alloys in late August. High-carbon ferromanganese (75% Mn) is stillavailable at $1，000-1，050/t F0B and the material (73% Mn) - at $1，000/t F0B.

In total, the operating rate in South areas were better than that of north areas. Even though the capacity release rate recovered slightly, the production were still highly restricted by the nickel ores supply and the poor market. In Shandong province, the str...