South Korean’s officer revealed that the country’s steel giant Posco will invest US$20 million in India to establish a new steel plant.

Australia has announced to impose anti-dumping duty for quenched and tempered steel imported from Finland, Japan and Sweden.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] It is said that CML put December manganese ore shipment to China unchanged from prior month,

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It is said that Eramet Comilog already put new round manganese ore shipment to China. Mn43% Fe<5% Gabonese sand ore was priced at USD4.15/mtu

[Ferro-Alloys.com]it is reported that oversea ore giant, BHP Group alreade released December shipment to China. Mn45.5% Fe<5% lump ore was still pegged at USD4.53/mtu and USD4.40/mtu for Mn49% Fe<5% sand ore (CIF, China).

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In September, 2014, China imported 746mt moly concentrates, down 15.2% compared with August (880mt) and 66% from last September(2,198mt).

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In September, 2014, China exported 351mt vanadium pent oxide, up 3.8% M-o-M(338mt) and 2.6% Y-o-Y(342mt).

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Some ferrochrome plants in Southern China, such as Guangxi and Sichuan, have been shut down for maintenance mostly due to the growth of power prices.