Manganese markets improve as global steel production recovers

摘要

World demand and activity levels continue to recover from the Covid driven lockdowns of Q2 and steel production outside of China is now nearly back to pre-Covid levels. However, there is significant regional variation in this recovery, with more traditional markets in Europe, N America and Japan lagging countries in SE Asia and S America. The recovery for manganese can be seen both in the wider distribution of exports from South Africa but also in the pick-up in ferroalloy prices in Europe.