In the middle of May, silicon metal products were still in tight supply in China. Most Si plants kept producing based on the contract orders.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] As Chinese steelmakers kept lowering bidding, low carbon ferromanganese producers suffered great pressure with fewer of them actively giving offer. More than that, some of suppliers insist on holding price steady despite downturn purchase f...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] It seems that high carbon ferromanganese market kept tumbling as steel mills further cut May purchase. Meanwhile, the rise in the price of medium carbon ferromanganese was also very limit despite suppliers hold strong desire to further lift ...

According to the data from USITC (United States International Trade Commission), silicon metal import volume was ***mt in March

[Ferro-Alloys.com]European moly oxide price surged to USD-/lbMo, as sellers were unwilling to sell materials. A Sichuan moly oxide exporter offered USD-/lbMo for moly oxide, and transacted small volumes in Asian market.

EMM price in China continued to fall as demand was weak and procurement was not active. In the manganese triangle area, mainstream ex-work price of manganese flake had dropped

Mg Ingot Price Kept Flat in China at the Beginning of mid May

Ammonium paratungstate (APT) prices ticked up in Europe as market participants reported generally higher offers and at least one seller achieved an extraordinarily high price.