Silicon metal price dropped in the third week of November in China. High-quality silicon metal price also dropped. The need of organic silicon factories became less, so chemical silicon metal price turned down.
In the third week of November, calcium silicon price kept flat in China. Small size calcium silicon mills was in bad state. According to recent investigation of www.ferro-alloys.com, most calcium silicon mills in Henan stopped working.
In recent years, the nickel metal production in China continued to improve. In 2013, total nickel metal output of China accounted for 46% of the global. However, FeNi and stainless steel price was still affected much by the international price
In recent week nickel ores inquiries increased along with the recovered production in North areas. However, as the FeNi price was still not high, the nickel ores price was still be pressured. Considering the capital turnover, producers preferred to buy the fut...
[Ferro-Alloys.com] Chinese FeV50 was offered at RMB77,000-78,000/mt (USD12,622-12,786/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. Most steel mills bought required volumes and delayed payment, resulting in FeV transaction price drop again.
This week the low FeNi price stayed at RMB2350-2400/mt while the medium and high FeNi price rose by RMB10/Ni as FeNi with (Ni 4-6%) was at RMB960-980Ni, ferronickel (Ni 6-8%) at RMB950-970/Ni and ferronickel (Ni 10-15%) at RMB960-980/Ni. The entire price was e...
Low grade nickel ores export was few fro the rainy season while the market condition was also not well for the poor demand from downstream. In two weeks, the medium and high FeNi price rose slightly while the nickel ores price turned down. The main reason was ...