Summary of tender prices for silicon and manganese in steel mills in July 2019 (as of July 9)

On December 1, ports in north China: Australian ore 45-46 yuan/mtu, South African manganese semicarbonate ore 34-35 yuan/mtu, Gabonese ore 41-42 yuan/mtu, Brazilian ore 42-43 yuan/mtu, South African high-iron manganese ore 34-35 yuan/mtu; ports in south China: Australian ore 47-48 yuan/mtu, South African manganese semicarbonate ore 37-39 yuan/mtu, Gabonese ore 43-44 yuan/mtu, Brazilian ore 43-44 yuan/mtu, South African high-iron ore 35-36 yuan/mtu.

South Africa’s national power company Eskom said on October 23 that it would cut the power supply by 2,000 megawatts due to the failure of the generator sets of its six power plants. The power curtailment continued until Oct 25.

The most-active silicon manganese contract for May delivery on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (CZCE) surged to its maximum daily limit of 6% to a nearly seven-month high of 6,950 yuan/mt on March 26, as a nationwide lockdown of major ore supplier South Africa exacerbated supply woes. South Africa has imposed a 21-day nationwide lockdown from midnight on Thursday, in a bid to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

Xiangtan Iron & Steel raised its bid price for manganese ball in October.

South 32 hiked quotes for manganese ore to $6.65 per tonne (Mn content) for Mn 45.5% ore in October, up $0.15 per tonne (Mn content) from September’s levels. 

China’s manganese ore imports decreased 1.81% on the month to 1.861 million tonnes in July 2017, according to China Customs. 

Comilog released its quotes on Mn 44.5% Gabonese ore in September compared to August, SMM understands.

China’s EMM exports and manganese ore imports both jumped in June, according to China Customs.

The Port of Tianjin suspended all operations after Tianjin issued red alerts for heavy air pollution. 

China’s central government environmental protection inspection team investigated 7 provinces and cities recently. How did China’s recent environmental protection inspections affect the manganese indus