Market Tendency On Imports Of Ferro-Alloys At 30th April 2010- Action To Rise Price Of Silico-Manganese Has Made A Pause And Turned To Watch Further Movements

摘要

The market tendency by item on imports of ferro-alloys into Japan at the 30th April of 2010 is as follows ; <> General view = The base is a revival of steel production. In addition to a recovery of steel production in Europe, the USA and Japan, China is expected to produce 620 million tons of crude steel in 2010. There is a strong probability that the price of manganese ore to import into China as raw material in the second half of 2010 is anticipated to rise to a level of US$10 per Mn 1% CIF China. However, the prices of bulk ferro-alloys ( ferro-silicon and silicomanganese ) to be imported into Japan in 2010 are supposed to rise on a step of zigzags.