[Ferro-Alloys.com]According to China Customs data, China’s import volume of nickel ore in Sept. 2014 is 4.64 million tonnes, down 14% compared to 5.42 million tonnes in Aug

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The prices of medium and low carbon ferrochrome from China’s major producers kept stable in late Sept

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Ningxia Sincerity Manganese Industry CO.,LTD, located in Shizuishan city of Ningxia, focusing on high carbon ferromanganese production with annual production capacity more than 100,000 tons.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese vanadium pent oxide price edged down to RMB67,000-68,000/mt (USD10,938-11,147/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeV50 price edged down, but the entire deals were not much. Only some steel mills launched scattered tenders, with FeV50 transacting at RMB78,000-79,000/mt (USD12,786-12,950/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance.

Chemical silicon metal price had kept firm since National Day. Organic silicon market turned warm and this led to more need for chemical silicon metal. Low-water seasons would come and high electric cost would stimulated silicon metal price.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The LME prices continued to dip on Oct. 21st (Tuesday), creating new low for H2 2014, with high at $15,430/t and low at $15,080/t, closing at $15,330/t.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Overseas moly oxide price edged up to USD10.2/lbMo. It began to rebound from USD9/lbMo, which was the minimum since 2009.