In mid-September, Si metal price kept increasing. There were no stocks in most factories.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese APT was offered at RMB163,000-164,000/mt (USD26,721-26,885/mt, export duty excluded) due to sluggish demand. APT transaction price lowered with its raw materials cost. APT suppliers produced according to their orders. It is expected t...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]LME nickel price almost hit the four-month lowest price on Sept. 16 with a intraday lowest at $17,700/t, while the lowest price from May 1 to day is $17,770/t.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese vanadium pent oxide was offered at RMB69,000-70,000/mt (USD11,311-11,475/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. The operation rate and inventory of suppliers were too low, so the entire supply in the market was limited. Most vanadiu...

In the manganese triangle area, mainstream ex-work price of manganese flake stayed at RMB 12800-13000/mt (USD2065-2097/mt).

[Ferro-Alloys.com] In recent period, silicon manganese market in China kept poor sale. Apart from that, capital pressure also brings about troble on alloy suppliers.

The early and mid September market of ferrosilicon was somewhat in the upward situation, with slight improvement of offers and traded prices. At present the majority of producers quoted FeSi75# at

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeV50 was offered at RMB79.000-80,000/mt (USD12,950-13,114/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. In mid-month, as downstream steel mills decreased buying volumes, the market was quiet. Still some steel mills made scattered tenders,...