In 1986, Deng Xiaoping, launched the “863 program”, aimed to gain control of the rare earths market in the sector saying: “The Arab countries have oil, China has rare earths.” The 15 “rare elements” along with yttrium, scandium (‘15+2’), have the chara...

It is reported that Vale is likely to become the global biggest nickel supplier in the next two to three quarters.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]South Africa government has unveiled a large-scale supporting program for the domestic power suppliers who are in the difficult situation. South Africa National Grid will accept new equity and increase extra debts.

Selenium dioxide (SeO2) is one of the major raw materials of EMM. According to our survey recently, SeO2 market was stable in China

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In recent period, there was no fluactuation on imported manganese ore market in China.

The spot prices of India-origin high carbon Ferro Chrome (58-60% Cr) is at 82-84 cents/lb CIF China and South Africa-origin charge chrome (48-52% Cr) at 81-82 cents/lb CIF China , both flat W-o-W as buyers and sellers continued their impasse.

At middle of Sept., Japanese spot price for Indian origin high-carbon Ferro Chrome is at 89-91 cents/lb CIF Japan, up from 87-89 cents/lb last week and rising for second consecutive week due to a decline in spot supply.

High Carbon Ferro Chrome prices rose this week, after recent lows for quite some time, as buy side demand remained steady.