Learn about the new safeguarding measures for ferroalloys in the EU, including tariff-rate quotas and price thresholds.

The initial confusion is settling in the bulk ferro-alloys markets in Europe following weeks of speculation about the potential for minimum import prices to be imposed as part of a European Commission safeguarding investigation.

The European ferro-alloys market faces uncertainty as the European Commission considers imposing minimum import prices. Suppliers are adjusting sales contracts, pricing strategies and agreements in anticipation of potential safeguard measures.

As US-China trade tensions intensify, Fastmarkets outlines the key challenges and opportunities for the Asian ferro-alloys sector ahead of the Asia Ferroalloys 2025 Conference.

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Ferro-silicon buyers in Europe have been increasingly asking for green certificates and carbon emissions data when sourcing material over the past few weeks, several sources told Fastmarkets.The trend has accelerated since November 2024 after starting earlier that year and is expected to ramp up into 2025, sources said. “There has been more interest [on] this […]

Ferro-alloys markets will continue to be under pressure next year, but there are hopes of a market recovery due to improved steel demand, Fastmarkets ferro-alloys analyst Emre Uzun told delegates at the 40th international ferro-alloys conference held in Istanbul, Turkey on November 10-12.

Publication of Fastmarkets’ price assessments for three Asia ferro-silicon products on Wednesday October 23 was earlier than the time of 2pm UK stipulated in the methodology, due to a procedural lapse.

The decline in crude steel output in the first five months of 2024 dragged down Chinese ferro-alloys markets, including ferro-silicon and silico-manganese, sources told Fastmarkets on June 21

The ferro-alloys sector in China has shown a muted response to the country’s economic targets set for 2024 and laid out in the government work report released by Premier Minister Qiang Li on Tuesday March 5 in Beijing, industry sources have told Fastmarkets