[ferro-alloys.com] the pace of calcium carbide uptrend became slow down since the beginning of August. So far the goods supply was still tight, but the whole situation had gradually tended to be stable.

According to our investigation on about 100 cored wire manufacturers of China recently, overall operation declined to below 30%.

Chinese EMM price rebounded modestly last week as spot supply was short and manufacturers tried to elevate price.

Mainstream ex-work of 99.7% manganese flake dropped to RMB 11500-11700/mt (USD1855-1887/mt).