The price of low-grade silicon metal in China has continued to rise after rebounding in mid-August, and the anticipation of high prices has been still strong.

The volume of China’s imported chrome ore is 755,474 mt, down 1.7% from the previous month, down 28% from the same period last year....

The volume of China’s imported ferrochrome in Aug, 2014 is 162,748 mt, up 18.2% over the previous month, up 3% from the same period last year....

According to the latest statistics, in Aug.,2014, China imported 5.42million tons nickel ores, rising by 6.45% month on month and 3.07% year on year, of which Indonesian Ni ores was 38.7thousand tons, increasing by 3200tons compared with that of last month. Me...

According to the latest statistics, in Aug.,2014, China imported 13,473tons ferronickel, which decreased by 28% month on month while increased by 20% year on year. From Jan. to Aug., total FeNi imports reached 172,310tons, rising by 88% year on year.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeMo60 was offered at RMB94,000-95,000/mt (USD15,409-15,573/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. Major steel mills couldn’t support FeMo market, with deals concentrating on scattered buying activities. Steel mills’ tender price ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Overseas moly oxide transacted at USD11.4-11.5/lbMo, USD1/lbMo lower than last week. European steel mills’ operation rate was low, so local demand didn’t increase much. Japanese and S Korean customers were active in buying materials, and a ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The price began to fall after the market opened up on Tuesday (Sept. 23), hitting a new low this month at $16,483/t, and then started to rebound, closing at $17,179/t.