Stable foreign demand little changes manganese exports in Oct

This was despite falling prices of manganese in Oct

SMM Al-Si Summit: Silicon prices to rise in Q2-3 2019

Yang expects Huangpu port prices of 553# silicon without being oxygen-refined to move at 10,500-12,500 yuan/mt in 2019

SMM Al-Si Summit: Supply cuts to continue to lower aluminium inventory in 2019

Supply-side reform and winter production curbs slowed primary aluminium output growth in 2018

Greater investment in power grid holds operating rates at wire, cable producers stable

The rates averaged 86.2% in Nov, unchanged from a month ago but down 0.77 percentage point from a year ago

Inventory drops, cost support to stem declines in silicon prices

As of Nov 28, 553# silicon, which didn't undergo oxygen-refining, was traded at 11,300 yuan/mt, the lowest thus far this year

Sichuan silicon producers operate at low levels

Most plants that produce 553# silicon without being oxygen-refined in Sichuan have suspended output in a falling market

Environmental probes, losses shutter more Hunan manganese producers

There were eight manganese producers in operation in Hunan before this round of shutdowns

Manganese ore imports exceed 2 million mt for 3rd straight month in Sep

China’s manganese ore imports rose 47% from a year earlier to stand at 2.358 million mt in Sep