The US Department of Commerce adopted a final rule Sept. 11 to modernize the Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) system, it said in a statement.

China's investment in property rose 11.8% year on year to Yuan 1.31 trillion ($193.8 billion) in August.

This week, the ferrosilicon market continued to maintain stable operation.

The 2010 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5614 yuan per ton on September 18.

The settlements for BF-grade pellet premiums are nearly flat with the previous quarter and lower by around $3/dmt for DR-grade pellets.

The 2010 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5644 yuan per ton on September 17.

The 2010 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5612 yuan per ton on September 16.

This was a turnaround from four months of strong export sales to China from March to June.