South African manganese miner Assmang has declared force majeure on manganese ore shipments from the port of Saldanha, Fastmarkets heard on Friday November 30.
30 November 2018
Janie Davies
South African manganese ore miner United Manganese of Kalahari (UMK) has declared force majeure on manganese ore shipments from the port of Saldanha, Fastmarkets MB understands.
30 November 2018
Janie Davies
Manganese miners have reported a sharp drop in demand from manganese alloy smelters in China due to their preference for buying ore from Chinese ports in a bid to keep costs and inventories low ahead of the end of the year.
30 November 2018
Janie Davies, Karen Ng, Jon Stibbs
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.
30 November 2018
Charlotte Radford, Chris Kavanagh, Susan Zou, Justin Yang, Martim Facada, Jon Stibbs, Violet Li, Carrie Shi
The following Metal Bulletin noble alloys, bulk alloys and ores prices changed on Friday November 30:
30 November 2018
Fastmarkets staff
South African transport operator Transnet is issuing force majeure notices to iron ore and manganese ore customers after a railway bridge was damaged near the port of Saldanha.
30 November 2018
Janie Davies, Karen Ng, Jon Stibbs
Good morning from Fastmarkets MB’s offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Friday November 30.
30 November 2018
Mia Aureus
World silico-manganese supply reached 1.62 million tonnes in October, up 16.1% year on year and 9.9% from September, driven by production increases in China and India, according to data from the International Manganese Institute (IMnI).
29 November 2018
Janie Davies
Ferroglobe is set to idle almost one-fifth of its silicon metal production capacity in Europe and the United States, cutting it to an annualized rate of 341,000 tonnes from 417,000 tonnes, because of the weaker prices seen this year.
29 November 2018
Declan Conway
A plunge in silico-manganese futures prices on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) at the start of this week was driven by weakness in China’s steel market, market participants told Fastmarkets.
28 November 2018
Karen Ng
