This development has led to a tightening market supply and bullish sentiment among traders, despite the immediate aftermath not showing a price hike

There are more opportunities being created for the Chinese ferro-alloys industry on the back of China’s focus on sustainable development goals and the rising availability of competitively-priced green electricity, sources told Fastmarkets

Seaborne manganese ore prices to China rose further in the week to Friday March 8, following fresh deals in the higher and lower-grade markets

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

Premiums for direct-reduced (DR) iron ore pellet from Brazil are expected to move lower in the second quarter of the year in response to weaker demand from major importers amid increasing inventory, sources told Fastmarkets

After a consultation period which ended on Tuesday January 30, Fastmarkets has amended the chemical specifications and names of its MB-MNO-0001 manganese ore 44% Mn, cif Tianjin and MB-MNO-0005 manganese ore 44% Mn, fot Tianjin indices.

High stainless steel production in China in 2023 generated lofty imports of raw materials, including chrome ore, ferro-chrome, nickel pig iron (NPI) and ferro-nickel

Fastmarkets will, on Monday January 22, launch a daily price index for the spot premium differential between 67.5% Fe magnetite and hematite iron ore pellet feed above the 65% Fe Fines index.

Learn more about how Chinese ferro-alloy smelters are planning to strengthen green production efforts in 2024

China's latest consumption-focused stimulus attempts to drive downstream demand for steel products, but reception in the steelmaking industry has been lukewarm, sources in China told Fastmarkets