China steel imports down 22.4% YoY in Jan-Aug, 2021.

China steel exports up 31.6% YoY in Jan-Aug, 2021.

China iron ores and concentrates imports down 1.7% YoY in Jan-Aug, 2021.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Sibanye CEO, Neal Froneman, says the July unrest was not unexpected.

"The relationship is currently considered to be coincidental," the company said in the statement.

China's crude steel production declined last month, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

The output in late July also dropped 3.97 percent from that in mid-July, the association said.

The 2201 silicomanganese contract price on ZCE closed at 8800 yuan per ton on September 7.