In this week, the market price of EMM in Hunan and Chongqing areas was about CNY11,000-11,100 per mt, in Guizhou, about CNY11,100-11,200 per mt, and in Ningxia, it’s about CNY 11,300 per mt.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]International Ferro Metals Ltd shares fell on Thursday after it said production and sales of ferrochrome declined quarter-on-quarter, whilst prices fell and costs increased, but the company still reiterated its full-year guidance for 2015.

Ferrochrome Furnaces of Guimei Metallurgical at Full Production

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Since May1st, FeW export duty dropped to zero from 20%. Customers called to know the newest price after duty removal. Their buying intention improved, with many orders in negotiation.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese vanadium pent oxide was offered at RMB54,000-55,000/mt, which was rather firm. Most V alloy actively secured low-priced materials, but vanadium pent oxide suppliers rejected to sell at low level.

On April 16, Thompson Creek Metals Company inc., a resource company in the U.S. released its preliminary

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It is reported that China totally inported 1.368 million tons of manganese ore in March of 2015 according to dada provided by Chinese Customs Statistics, showing on the rise from 0.94 million tons in Feb.

China will remove the export duties of some commodities from May 1, 2015. The related commodities include ferromolybdenum, ferrotungsten, ferro-tungsten-silicon, rare earth ect, detailed as follows,