It is reported that Gerdau, the biggest producer of steel long product in Brazil, is expecting some recovery in steel demand in Brazil by 2016 due to weak economy activity and uncertain scenario in the short term.

Prices of imported iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports have sunk to their lowest levels this year, a report showed Dec 30, 2014.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]As we can see clearly from the chart, HBIS put bidding price on silicon manganese a gradual slide since 2014 except June which makes alloy suppliers suffer greatly. In fact, the average bidding price of HBIS on silicon manganese for the whole...

Iron ore imports are expected to grow 6.4 percent year-on-year to around 1 billion metric tons in China during 2015, driven largely by lower commodity prices and growth in domestic demand, industry experts said on Wednesday.

After a 4% slide in the iron ore price on Nov 18th, another selloff on Nov 19th brought losses for the week to over 7% as negative sentiment swamps the market for the steelmaking raw material.

EU steelmakers have restarted nearly half the blast furnaces that were idled in the financial crisis, according to a leading industry player, holding back recovery in a sector already hobbled by over-capacity and high energy costs.

This week, the high-carbon ferrochrome market price was weak and stable. The chrome market was weak and the demand side was poor. The intention to purchase in the market was reduced. The retail market was sluggish in this week with fewer enquiries and more off...

Ferronickel market weekly comment(September 28th-September 30th) The price of high grade ferronickel price was stable in this week