The first shipment of iron ore from Sierra Leone's New Tonkolili Iron Ore Project set sail for China from the country's Pepel Port on Friday.

The 2105 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 6582 yuan per ton on February 2.

China's steel sector registered output expansion last year, industrial data showed.

The 2105 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 6752 yuan per ton on February 1.

China's raw coal output expanded by 0.9 percent year on year in 2020, while its coal imports increased 1.5 percent, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed.

The relatively stable market continued to the early stage of January 2021, and the futures market went down from the middle and late January.

The 2105 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 6752 yuan per ton on January 29.

Monthly Report of Chromium Market (1.4-1.29): Chromium prices continue to rise, trading tends to calm.