[Ferro-Alloys.com] It is reported that China totally imported 1.449 million tons of manganese ore during August, registering a slight downturn comparing to 1.523 million tons m-o-m according to data provided by China Custom Statistics.

On September 2nd, 2014, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China (MIIT) announced the sixth list of approved EMM enterprises. No new EMM enterprise was approved.

According to statistic National Bureau of Statistic of China, Chinese ferroalloy production in August was 3.07 million tons, up by 1.8% Y-O-Y. And the production was totally 24.587 million tons in Jan-Aug of 2014, up by 7.6% Y-O-Y.

World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 135 million tonnes (Mt) in August 2014, an increase of 1.4% compared to August 2013.

Zhejiang Hangzhou Ziding Industry and Trade Co.,Ltd. (Hangzhou Ziding) is a brunch of Hangzhou Iron & Steel Group Company (HISGC). It has eight cored wire production lines

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....