Expect for the upward nickel price in international market, the declining output in Inner Mongolia and Shandong provinces also provide support for the rise of FeNi price. At the end of Nov., the benchmark price of stainless steel was RMB1050-1090/Ni (delivery ...

This week the inquiries in both spot and future market of nickel ores were active. In addition, affected by the rising price in nickel market and the recovered nickel ores price, the acceptable of FeNi producers for nickel ores increased.

Electricity price in Yunnan and Sichuan province was turned up in the fourth week of November in China, but silicon metal price stayed steady .

In the fourth week of November, calcium silicon market functioned smoothly in China.

Chinese core wire market was still in downturn last week. In Henan province, ex-work price of Ca98%min∮9㎜Ca wire stayed around RMB12400-12600/mt

In September and October 2014 there were some new large ferrosilicon furnaces into operation and the overall operation rate much improved in some production regions.

Chinese Mg Ingot Producers Showed Unwillingness to Continue Lowering Quotations in China

Economic interests have outweighed, if not eliminated, old grudges in East Asia. China, Japan and South Korea negotiated again in Tokyo last week for a trilateral free trade agreement. There were no concrete results this round, but Sun Yuanjiang, chief negotia...