December 2016

MB NON-FERROUS PRICE CHANGES 23/12: Noble alloys, bulk alloys & ores

The following Metal Bulletin noble alloys, bulk alloys and ores prices changed on Friday December 23:

NORTH AMERICAN MORNING BRIEF 22/12: Q1 MJP Al premiums; Halmahera FeNi project; manganese ore rally review

The latest metal markets news and price moves for the start of the North American day on Thursday December 22.

2016 REVIEW: Producers caught out by shock manganese ore price rally

When manganese ore producers reluctantly cut large swathes of production a year ago, amid crippling price drops, they were oblivious to the nascent rally that would take ore prices to more than five times the value they had at the start of 2016.

IN FIGURES: China’s ferro-alloys imports in November

Summary of China’s ferro-alloys imports in November 2016.

OM Holdings starts up manganese alloys plant in Malaysia

OM Holdings has hot commissioned its manganese alloys furnace in Sarawak, Malaysia, with the first tap of silico-manganese occurring on December 18.

Mexico sets definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of S Korean ferro-manganese

Mexico has imposed a definitive anti-dumping tax on high-carbon ferro-manganese imports from South Korea, the country’s economy secretariat said last week.

MB NON-FERROUS PRICE CHANGES 16/12: Noble alloys, bulk alloys & ores

The following Metal Bulletin noble alloys, bulk alloys and ores prices changed on Friday December 16:

Brazil's ferro-alloys, silicon metal export volumes grow in November

Brazil saw its total ferro-alloys exports increase 40.9% year-on-year in November, boosted mainly by higher ferro-nickel and ferro-silico-manganese volumes.

MB NON-FERROUS PRICE CHANGES 09/12: Noble alloys, bulk alloys & ores

The following Metal Bulletin noble alloys, bulk alloys and ores prices changed on Friday December 9:

WEEK IN BRIEF: Cu, Al spreads tighten; governments will influence 2017 markets, while demand may reverse

Metal Bulletin rounds up some of the key industry news and price moves from a busy week in the global metal markets.