This week, demand has firmed in the European market for 70% Ti ferrotitanium market. Clients have requested a total of 500t, which is why trading is expected to speed up in early September. The alloy is now offered at $6.15-6.3/kg Ti FCA Rotterdam duty paid (...

The production volume of ferroalloys in July 2014 released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China was 3.0849 million tons, up by 9.5% from the year-earlier month but down by 11.8% from the prior month.

Buyers have been slow to close contracts in the South Korean export market for manganese alloys in late August. High-carbon ferromanganese (75% Mn) is stillavailable at $1，000-1，050/t F0B and the material (73% Mn) - at $1，000/t F0B.

This week, trading has remained week in the European market for molybdenum products, the number of inquiries for ferromolybdenum shipments growing. FeMo (60-70% Mo) are voiced at $31.9-32.3/kg Mo FCA Rotterdam ($31.9-32.5/kg Mo FCA Rotterdam last week).

This week the chrome ores quotes in Chinese spot market did not change much while some mines’ trading price, like Turkey Cr ores concentrates, decreased by RMB0.5/mtu. As the poor condition of Chinese FeCr market had last for a long time, the Cr ores futures ...

China's top steelmaker, Baosteel (600019.SS), lagged market forecasts with a 97.7 percent drop in first-quarter net profit, as global demand weakened for products from cars to industrial machinery.

It was reported that Taigang Stainless Steel Company registered a profit of CNY 385 million during the first six months of the year, up 15.42% YoY.

In recent week the high carbon ferrochrome totally declined by RMB50-100/mt along with the new round of purchase of steel mills. Now the mainstream price of Domestically produced FeCr was RMB6200-6450/mt. the import FeCr price stayed stable as India ferrochrom...