In the second half of July, in spite of decrease of business activity in major global ferro-alloy markets, the growth of quotations for this material accelerates in China. Fundamental changes are being registered even in the segment of ferro-silicon, which is...

Last week, the Central Government of China announced the change of export quotas for ferro-molybdenum in H2. 19 companies, who have licenses to export molybdenum, got permission to supply abroad about ...

Last week, more than 20 major Chinese ferro-silicon producers including Erdos, Northwest Tengda, Qinghai HuaDian Ferro-alloy Co hold a meeting in Lanzhou to ...

According to market operators, Turkish consumers of ferro-alloy products are staying away from active spot purchases. The plants still have enough stocks of the materials, however, some of them are nevertheless expected to come out to the market for replenishing the stocks within ...

Traders inform that since the beginning of the month the US spot market for ferroalloys is showing a decline of consumers’ activity in buying silicon and manganese materials ...

Since the start of the month, a downward trend has intensified in the Chinese market for silicon alloys. The demand on domestic market remains steady, but the amount of material offered for sale has ...

According to market operators, South African charge ferro-chrome producers have reached the agreement about cost of the contracts for EU consumers in Q3. The first company to sign the agreement has been ...

The upward trend remains in the Russian market for manganese alloys for a long time already. While early in the year consumers were hoping for stabilization or slight reduction of quotations in summer period, when the business is traditionally low, by now it has become evident that until autumn the quotations will be only growing. Thus, early in June, the ferro-manganese cost increased to ...

After a temporary stabilization, major suppliers have raised sale prices for Ukrainian market. In early June, negotiations between producers and major consumers ended in signing contracts for supplies of manganese materials at prices ...

According to traders on the Chinese ferro-alloy market, consumer activities on both domestic and export markets are being relatively stable. However, the increase of quarterly prices for Australian manganese ores has started immediately affecting the selling prices of Chinese plants, the sources said. The spot prices of imported manganese ores remain ...

The largest part of steel producers have already created the stocks of ferro-alloys and stopped purchases in the market for ...

To the world market of ferro-alloy products, June has brought stabilization of the contract prices for virtually all the bulk group. Steelmakers were hardly active in purchases of the materials, which made up for the drop of supplies to the market – in particular, from China and South Africa ...

Brazilian ferro-alloy company Ferbasa has announced plans to expand capacities at its Pojuca plant in Bahia state. The company has started constructing a new ...

Export demand in Indian ferro-alloy market still remains quite low. Only a few spot contracts for small volumes have been signed. Most European consumers prefer to limit purchases before reaching an agreement on new quarterly prices ...

EU and Japanese steelmakers have started negotiations on quarterly contracts for supply of South African charge ferro-chrome, as traders inform. This time, confrontation between suppliers and consumers is expected to be unusually tense. African companies still face shortage of electric power and keep producing ...