[Ferro-Alloys.com] In recent period, imported manganese ore spot market in Chain remained at worse situation with flat demand. Given slowing consumption, it is said that manganes ore inventory at ports still kept at high level in China.

Electricity price in Yunnan and Sichuan province was turned up in the fourth week of November in China, but silicon metal price stayed steady .

In the fourth week of November, calcium silicon market functioned smoothly in China.

Chinese core wire market was still in downturn last week. In Henan province, ex-work price of Ca98%min∮9㎜Ca wire stayed around RMB12400-12600/mt

In September and October 2014 there were some new large ferrosilicon furnaces into operation and the overall operation rate much improved in some production regions.

Chinese Mg Ingot Producers Showed Unwillingness to Continue Lowering Quotations in China

China, the world' s leading coal producer and consumer, is to levy resource tax on coal on the basis of sales instead of production from Dec. 1, in a move to shore up the dim industry and improve the deteriorating environment.

Economic interests have outweighed, if not eliminated, old grudges in East Asia. China, Japan and South Korea negotiated again in Tokyo last week for a trilateral free trade agreement. There were no concrete results this round, but Sun Yuanjiang, chief negotia...