China’s Tsingshan Group expects to start production at its Indonesian nickel pig iron smelter as soon as January, becoming the second plant to ramp up since the country’s new mineral processing laws came into force at the start of the year.“

According to the investigation of www.ferro-alloys.com, Chinese core wire was stable last week.

Cancana Resources said it has made the US$5 million investment as planned in Brazil Manganes Corp, the joint venture between Cancana and Ferrometals governing what was formerly known as Rio Madeira, the producing manganese operations Canacana acquired located...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Chinese FeV50 was offered at RMB79,000-80,000/mt (USD12,950-13,114/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. In late month, major steel mills entered the market to buy FeV, transacting at RMB79,000/mt (USD12,950/mt, export duty excluded) by a...

Calcium Silicon Price Kept Steady in Early September(Sep.1st- Sep.5th)

Silicon metal price kept increasing in the first week of September in China. Off-grade Si553# price increased by RMB 200-300/mt. Other silicon metal price increased by about RMB 100/mt. Silicon metal export price also began to increase.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Chinese FeMo60 was offered at RMB98,000-99,000/mt (USD16,065-16,229/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. In late month, major steel mills entered the market to buy raw materials, which was concluded at RMB97,000-98,000/mt(USD15,901-16,06...

China will become the world's largest economy in 2024, as the country's consumer spending is expected to almost quadruple from 2013 to 2024, said IHS Inc., a global industrial data and analysis company, Friday （Sep 5th） in London.