EMM market in Europe went up recently. According to the latest data of MB, warehouse price of 99.7% manganese flake

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Titanium concentrates price edged down amid sluggish demand. Titanium concentrates 47% in Sichuan province was offered at RMB-/mt

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeTi price kept steady, with FeTi30 being offered at RMB-/mt by acceptance (25basis)

[Ferro-Alloys.com] In 2013, China totally exported 704,280 tons of silicon metal, up by 46.7% Y-O-Y. In H1 of 2014, China totally exported 389,898 tons of silicon mtal, up by 27.2% Y-O-Y.

According to statistic of Japan Customs, Japan imported 13233 tons of silicon metal, up by 55.8% Y-O-Y.

According to the statistics of Japan Customs, Japan’s ferroalloy export volume was 21061 mt in Jun 2014, down by 5.8% M-O-M and up by 23.7% Y-O-Y.

EMM market in China was generally stable last week. In the manganese triangle area, mainstream ex-work price of manganese flake stayed around RMB 12500-12700/mt (USD2016-2048/mt).

In recent two months, the high FeNi operating rates was low and meanwhile many producers held the stock. However, the total supply in Chinese market was still high, and the main reason was that many steel mills cut down the purchasing volume.