For decades, South Africans have mined and processed chrome and platinum separately and never the twain have met, but now the Kermas-linked Finnish company, Ruukki, has ambitions to do otherwise.

According to statistic of Korea Customs, the import volume of other ferroalloy in May was 1614 tons, down by 34.8% M-O-M while down by 22.4% Y-O-Y. The imported materials were mainly sourced from China （1447 tons）.

Professor Zhang Jianping of engineering from Maanshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. made a splendid speech on calcium wire technology and market demand on the conference.

Several steel mills in China released their purchase price of SiMn in July and overall price increased a little.

US electrolytic manganese metal rose to USD 120-125 per lb, ex- warehouse, after initial declines earlier this month.

Prices for European medium-carbon widened this week to USD 1,145-1,205 per mt, DDP, as buyers moved in the spot market

Prices for silicomanganese dropped this past week in the US from USD59.5-61 per lb, ex-warehouse, to USD 58.5 per lb as the low,

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeW price kept steady, as steel mills purchased normal volumes.