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Origin
|
Grade
|
Jan.17 Price
(RMB/mtu)
|
Jan.16Price
(RMB/mtu)
|
Price Change
|
Region
|
Note
|
South Africa
(high Fe, lump)
|
Mn32% Fe20%
|
38-38.5
|
38-38.5
|
→
|
Tianjin port
|
|
Mn32% Fe20%
|
38.5
|
38.5
|
→
|
Qinzhou port
|
||
Mn35-36% Fe18%
|
38.5
|
38.5
|
→
|
Qinzhou port, Zhanjiang port
|
|
|
Mn35-36% Fe18%
|
38-38.5
|
38-38.5
|
→
|
Tianjin port, Lianyungang port
|
||
South Africa
(medium Fe, lump)
|
Mn45% Fe12%
|
39-39.5
|
39-39.5
|
→
|
Tianjin port, Lianyungang port
|
|
South Africa (carbonate manganese ore, lump)
|
Mn38% Fe5%
|
40-40.5
|
40-40.5
|
→
|
Tianjin port, Lianyungang port
|
|
Mn38% Fe5%
|
40
|
40
|
→
|
Qincheng port, Fangchenggang port
|
||
South Africa
|
Mn38% Fe5%
|
36-37
|
36-37
|
→
|
Tianjin port
|
|
Mn38% Fe5%
|
36
|
36
|
→
|
Zhanjiang port, Fangchenggang port
|
||
South Africa (fines)
|
Mn38% Fe5%
|
34-34.5
|
34-34.5
|
→
|
Tianjin port
|
|
Mn38% Fe5%
|
33-33.5
|
33-33.5
|
→
|
Qinzhou port
|
||
Australia (lump)
|
Mn46%
|
44-44.5
|
44-44.5
|
→
|
Tianjin port, Lianyungang port
|
|
Mn46%
|
43-43.5
|
43-43.5
|
→
|
Qinzhou port, Zhanjiang port
|
||
Australia (lump)
|
Mn48%
|
45-45.5
|
45-45.5
|
→
|
Tianjin port
|
|
Mn48%
|
44-44.5
|
44-44.5
|
→
|
Qinzhou port, Zhanjiang port
|
||
Australia (high Si, lump)
|
Mn36% Si20%
|
41-41.5
|
41-41.5
|
→
|
Tianjin port
|
|
Australia (medium Fe, lump)
|
Mn36-37% Fe16%
|
40-41
|
40-41
|
→
|
Tianjin port
|
|
Australia (medium Fe, lump)
|
Mn36-37% Fe16%
|
41
|
41
|
→
|
Qinzhou port
|
|
Australia (high Fe, lump)
|
Mn32% Fe20%
|
39-40
|
39-40
|
→
|
Tianjin port
|
|
Australia (granule)
|
Mn48%
|
39
|
39
|
→
|
Tianjin port, Lianyungang port
|
|
Mn48%
|
36.5-37
|
36.5-37
|
→
|
Qinzhou port
|
||
Mn50%
|
42.5-43
|
42.5-43
|
→
|
Qinzhou port
|
||
Mn50%
|
42.5
|
42.5
|
→
|
Tianjin port, Lianyungang port
|
||
Australia (granule)
|
Mn44%
|
─
|
─
|
→
|
Tianjin port, Lianyungang port
|
|
Mn44%
|
─
|
─
|
→
|
Qinzhou port, Zhanjiang port
|
||
Gabon (lump)
|
Mn44-45%
|
─
|
─
|
→
|
Tianjin port, Lianyungang port
|
|
Mn44-45%
|
─
|
─
|
→
|
Qinzhou port, Zhanjiang port
|
||
Brazil (lump)
|
Mn44-45%
|
40-41
|
40-41
|
→
|
Qinzhou port, Zhanjiang port
|
|
Mn44-45%
|
40-40.5
|
40-40.5
|
→
|
Tianjin port, Lianyungang port
|
||
Brazil (fines)
|
Mn44-45%
|
|
|
→
|
Tianjin port
|
|
Mn44-46%
|
37.5-38
|
37.5-38
|
→
|
Zhannjiang port
|
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