September buying prices by RMB 50/t making sellers unable to hold their tags. Spot quotations may drop by the same amount， which is why some producers will have to halt manufacture. Domestic prices for HC FeCr (50% Cr) stay at RMB 6，400-6，500/t ($1，133-1，...

0n August 25，the first 20 t of the material were produced at shop No.4 of the new ferroalloy plant in Aktobe，owned by KZCR. The asset a yearly capacity of 440，000 tpy of HC FeCr and is equipped with four 72 MVA electric arc furnaces. 0nly one unit is functi...

n the last week of Aug., chrome alloy spot market is still silent. Quotations of high-carbon ferrochrome (60-65% Cr6-8% C) stay at last week's $1.04-1.10/lb Cr DDP. 0ne trader offers the alloy (65% Cr) at $1.05-1.06/lb Cr ex-warehouse

According to China Customs, exports of Chinese magnesium serial products were 256.1 thousand tons in the period from January to July 2014, up 7.82% over the same period of 2013.

Silico Manganese prices have fallen this week as market participants continue to witness weak demand.

According to the investigation of www.ferro-alloys.com，electrolytic manganese metal (EMM) market in Europe was still high.

In India, most of silicon barium materials are imported from China. The mainstream imported price of SiBa in August was as follows, SiBa1-3# was at USD1700-1720/mt CIF, SiBa4-6# price was at USD1650/mt CIF and SiBa9-11# price was at USD1740-1750/mt.

Demand for manganese and silicon alloys has been sluggish in the Japan's market in late August. Indian SiMn (65% Mn; 16% Si) has gone down in price to $1，050-1，080/t CIF Japan (down $25/t)，