It is reported that the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) of Vietnam will impose a new tariff on stainless steel product imports from four Asian countries including China, Taiwan, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Tata Steel is likely to commission the first phase of its six million tonne (MT) ferroalloy plant in Odisha by March 2015.

Mainstream quotation of HC ferrochrome in Jilin is RMB6,500/mt ex works, with some retail price at RMB7,000/mt.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeMo price kept steady due to weak demand, which was offered at RMB98,000/mt (USD16,065/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. FeMo60 price began to rise at the end of August, presently it stabilized. Decreasing international market...

Increased FeSi Purchase Prices had Little Effect on FeSi Market Prices

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It is said that silicon manganese 6014 in Tuandeng area of Guangxi dipped to RMB5,020/mt (without VAT by cash, the same as below)

[Ferro-Alloys.com] In recent period, continued poor performance on non-standard silicon manganese brought about worse operation rates in Hunan.

In August this year, manganese ore shipments from Port Hedland totaled 257,000 metric tons, increasing by 183.98% compared to the same month of 2013, but showing a slightly decreasing on the basis of 268,321 metric tons in July.