Market Tendency On Imports Of Ferro-Alloys At 15th March 2010- Reflecting Revival Of Steel Production In Europe And USA, Inquiries For Ferro-Alloys Are Becoming Active

摘要

The market tendency by item on imports of ferro-alloys into Japan at the 15th March of 2010 is as follows ; <> General view = While European countries had been once enclosed with a depression of the steel market in 2009, the steel production in Europe is reviving from the beginning of 2010, on the occasion that steel mills in the USA have shifted to increase their steel production, and this change of the steel market in Europe and the USA is putting an influence on prices of ferro-alloys. The most remarkable case is a sudden and steep rise of prices for ferro-chrome and even prices of silico-manganese and ferro-silicon have sporadically shown this tendency in Europe and the USA. The inquiries for Indian silico-manganese from Europe have resumed and also the inquiries for substantial quantities of Chinese ferro-silicon have been placed by buyers ( dealers ) in Europe and the USA. These inquiries for silico-manganese and ferro-silicon from such traditional markets for exports as Europe and the USA are good news for China and India, where produce these ferro-alloys, after a long interval and it is marked how extent does this change of the market influence on prices of ferro-alloys for exports.