Overseas Mn ore offers: Comilog August offers for 44.5% Gabonese ore 

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.

Three local mills were required to cut emissions by at least 30% from Nov 1 to Feb 28, 2019

The Oct's PMI was 1.7 higher from Sep, and above the 50-mark that separates expansion from contraction

The instruction came even as the plant already met ultra-low emission standards

The facility will have annual capacity of secondary lead of 200,000 mt

The 3-year plan will target steel, non-ferrous metals, petrochemicals, and building materials

It will focus on research, development, production and sales of lithium-battery cathode material

An upbeat outlook on prices in the upcoming dry season fuelled stockpiling between Sep-Oct,

Output for 2018 is likely to gain 10% from last year, to 8.8 million mt