Smelters and foundries need support if they are to survive. As a start, Eskom has to sort out its electricity supply problems, and government’s R4-trillion infrastructure plan needs to get under way soon.

Ferro Silicon prices gain marginally on the ground of stronger buying activity. Market sources assume prices to remain stable and perhaps strengthen in the coming month.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese W concentrates was offered at RMB106,000-107,000/mt (USD17,377-17,540/mt, export duty excluded) , but the real transaction price was as low as RMB103,000-104,000/mt (USD16,885-17,049/mt, export duty excluded). Downstream buyers presse...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In July, 2014,China exported 628mt FeV, up 21% M-o-M(519mt) and 6.3% Y-o-Y(590.5mt).

According to the investigation of www.ferro-alloys.com, Harbin Coredwire passed audits and got listed official in National Equities Exchange and Quotations of China on August 8th, 2014.

According to our survey recently, manganese briquette lost export advantage gradually since China government cancelled export tariff on manganese flake.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In recent period, given continued worse situation for silicon manganese market, some producers began to swith to high silicon containing production. However, increasing

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It is said that oversea ore giant BHP already released October manganese ore shipment to China. Price for Mn45.5% Fe<5% lump ore was lifted up to USD4.53/mtu