Magnum to fast-track US pig iron plans

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.

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.

Japan's thermal power generation capacity is expected to fall this week on the back of increased maintenance.

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