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.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese W concentrates was offered at RMB-/mt by acceptance.

ne of the major reasons was the downturn production of steel mills. It was learned that Posco, Jisco and some other steel mills had already planned to overhaul.