[Ferro-Alloys.com]After the summer vacations ended, overseas moly oxide price slipped to USD12.5-12.6/lbMo. Many low-priced moly oxide materials hit European market, leading moly price to drop further. Some buyers expected that the demand for moly oxide to ris...

In 1986, Deng Xiaoping, launched the “863 program”, aimed to gain control of the rare earths market in the sector saying: “The Arab countries have oil, China has rare earths.” The 15 “rare elements” along with yttrium, scandium (‘15+2’), have the chara...

It is reported that Vale is likely to become the global biggest nickel supplier in the next two to three quarters.

Chinese silicon metal price continued rising up in September with tight supply. The orders were fully arranged to October. Producers raised the offers for having no spot materials.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]South Africa government has unveiled a large-scale supporting program for the domestic power suppliers who are in the difficult situation. South Africa National Grid will accept new equity and increase extra debts.

Selenium dioxide (SeO2) is one of the major raw materials of EMM. According to our survey recently, SeO2 market was stable in China

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In recent period, there was no fluactuation on imported manganese ore market in China.

At middle of Sept., Japanese spot price for Indian origin high-carbon Ferro Chrome is at 89-91 cents/lb CIF Japan, up from 87-89 cents/lb last week and rising for second consecutive week due to a decline in spot supply.