[Ferro-Alloys.com]Titanium concentrates price edged down amid sluggish demand. Titanium concentrates 47% in Sichuan province was offered at RMB-/mt

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeTi price kept steady, with FeTi30 being offered at RMB-/mt by acceptance (25basis)

[Ferro-Alloys.com] In 2013, China totally exported 704,280 tons of silicon metal, up by 46.7% Y-O-Y. In H1 of 2014, China totally exported 389,898 tons of silicon mtal, up by 27.2% Y-O-Y.

According to statistic of Japan Customs, Japan imported 13233 tons of silicon metal, up by 55.8% Y-O-Y.

According to the statistics of Japan Customs, Japan’s ferroalloy export volume was 21061 mt in Jun 2014, down by 5.8% M-O-M and up by 23.7% Y-O-Y.

EMM market in China was generally stable last week. In the manganese triangle area, mainstream ex-work price of manganese flake stayed around RMB 12500-12700/mt (USD2016-2048/mt).

In Aug., the FeCr benchmark price was further cut down by RMB50/mt for large supply. And the suppliers had already reduced their ex-works price.

This week both the spot and futures of Cr ores kept stable and the stock at Chinese main ports maintained low level. Affected by the high FeCr operating rate in North areas,