Tina Tong

3 weeks ago | fastmarkets.com | Tina Tong |Jessica Long

In part 2 of Fastmarkets US-China trade war coverage, we look at how it will impact Asia's ferroalloys sector ahead of Asian Ferroalloys 2025.

1 month ago | fastmarkets.com | Tina Tong |Holly Chant |Jessica Long

The east Asian country’s port inventory levels dropped to a mid-point of 3.66 million tonnes (within the range of 3.58-3.74 million tonnes) on March 10, down from over 6 million tonne through much of October and all of November of last year, according to Fastmarkets’ weekly estimation of combined manganese ore stocks at Tianijn port and Qingzhou port. Stocks were assessed at 3.77-3.87 million tonnes on March 17. The latest stocks data will be published later on Monday March 24.

Nov 15, 2024 | fastmarkets.com | Tina Tong

“High export volumes of sustainable steel, particular those that meet low carbon emissions requirements, will push up demand for green ferro-alloys, [including] ferro-chrome, silico-manganese and ferro-manganese,” a ferro-alloys producer source in China said, adding that this will be “especially [true] when destination countries have strict thresholds on carbon emissions in manufacturing.” China exported 11.18 million tonnes of finished steel in October 2024, up by 3.24 million tonnes, or...

Nov 1, 2024 | fastmarkets.com | Tina Tong

The prices reflect the rising need for green ferro-manganese prices in China, and increasing demand by smelters for green pricing mechanisms while China ramps up the decarbonization of the steel supply chain to meet global steel demand. Fastmarkets’ green ferroalloy domestic, ferro-manganese differential, will be assessed every week against Fastmarkets’ established China ferro-manganese price assessment.

Oct 29, 2024 | fastmarkets.com | Tina Tong

The prices reflect the rising demand among market participants for green ferro-chrome prices from the Chinese market, amid the continuous push by the country, which is the world’s largest ferro-chrome producer, to drive green production of the materials in line with decarbonization goals. Fastmarkets’ green ferroalloy domestic, ferro-chrome differential, will be assessed every week against Fastmarkets’ established China ferro-chrome price assessment.