In mid-June, calcium silicon market ran smoothly in China and quotations were almost the same compared with previous week.

In mid-June, capacity utilization rate of silicon metal continued to go up, especially in Yunnan province.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese vanadium pent oxide offer dropped to RMB-/mt by acceptance. Downstream customers had little interest in inputting raw materials, so both sides were in stalemate. Facing downward pressure, vanadium pent oxide suppliers were forced to d...

About 3,000 to 4,000 tonnes of chromite concentrate will be processed each day using electric arc furnaces to produce between 1,250 and 1,750 tonnes of ferrochrome. The mine is expected to have a lifespan of 30 years.

Entering mid-June, the ferrochrome production in Sichuan, one major producing area of FeCr in China, was still not well.

According to the relative statistics, in 2013, total chrome ores production in Turkey was 2.5million tons, accounting for 8% of the global production,

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeV price dropped, but deals were limited. The tenders from steel mills in late month ended, and most transaction prices were as low as RMB-/mt by acceptance, During mid-June, steel mills occasionally bought several tons, so supplier...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] As steelmakers in China June purchase on silicon manganese close to the end, it seemd that silicon manganese spot market gradually showed