Silicomanganese futures close at 8898 on Mar.16

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week ending March 5, 2022 in thousands of net tons: North East: 166; Great Lakes: 608; Midwest: 176; Southern: 743 and Western: 69 for a total of 1762.

From January to February 2022, China's pig iron output was 132.13 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 10.8%.

The 2205 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 9320 yuan per ton on March 15.

Meanwhile, the two countries account for 4% of seaborne supplies.

A mining company controlled by billionaire Robert Friedland is counting on getting access to a Liberian railway in order to develop its Nimba project in neighboring Guinea.

LME nickel stockpiles have declined by 71pc to 75,318t on 14 March from a year earlier.

Guinea’s ruling junta has ordered a full halt of Rio Tinto’s (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) vast Simandou iron ore project in the country’s southeast.