Si metal prices kept tending upward in September in China. And Si metal price remained firm in late September . Operating rate in Yunnan, Xinjiang, Fujian and Gansu was about 80%,higher than last month.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The ferronickel and electrolytic nickel prices have been increasing since Q2, 2014 thanks to the unrefined ore ban in Indonesia. China’s ferronickel producers lowered their operation rate due to the increasing price for nickel ore and the de...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The price of ferrochrome has been decreasing since March 2014. September and October are supposed to be best time for the ferrochrome market every year, but this year seems to be an exception.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]LME nickel price continued to fall after reaching about $20,000/t at the beginning of July this year. The price kept stable around $18,600/t throughout August as the Indonesia treasury lowered the export tariff for concentrate ore....

this week the chrome ore trading price in Chinese market was not well as the buyers could not bear the high cost. Most of the Cr ores kept stable expect the South African Cr ore concentrates, which improved for its tight supply and firm demand.

In July, Chinese calcium silicon market kept stable with inactive transactions. Spot materials were abundant and even superfluous, which mainly lead to weakened market.

On a gross-weight basis, data for March 2014 indicate that USA domestic production of total silicon materials (ferrosilicon plus silicon metal) was 7% higher than that in February 2014.

Comparatively Low Operation Rate in Main Chinese FeSi Regions in June 2014