This week some mainstream steel mills set August purchase prices of ferrosilicon and most steel mills including HBIS and Shagang Group slightly raised RMB50/mt from last month. HBIS set August FeSi72# at RMB5,990/mt(USD970/mt) and Shagang Group set August FeS...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Chinese FeMo was offered at RMB-/mt by acceptance.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] As Chinese main silicon manganese purchasers finally fixed August tender, it seems that manganese alloy future market become more clear despite different tendencies for bidding results.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]This week, Australian Mn46 lumps are currently maintained at RMB33-34/mtu and RMB33.5-34/mt for Mn48 sand ore.

several reduction calcium factories were shut down for environmental reasons in Shanxi Province and reduction calcium

In August, calcium carbide market in China hovered with prices stable generally. However, some end-users reported the price delivered to factory slightly rose up due to higher freight recently.

In August, Chinese chemical silicon metal market kept firm although the metallurgical silicon dropped.

Chinese calcium silicon market kept stable in the end of July with no improvement for transactions and demand. Meanwhile, the calcium silicon export market in China was still depressed with big gap between the lowest and highest prices.