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Manganese market poised for possible increase
[visualizer id=”6914″] As of March 15th, the price of manganese ore was stable, but some increases are noted to prices for April delivery, suggesting that producers anticipate rising demand. However, according to Core Consultants’ latest manganese report, there are numerous manganese ore projects in development, and with the first seabed recoveries expected to take place […]
Vanadium Bulletin – April 2018
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] At the start of April, Core Consultants released the first of a new series of research bulletins aimed at offering accessible yet authoritative coverage of areas of increasing interest, starting with the recent vanadium pentoxide rally. Last year, vanadium outperformed all other battery metals including cobalt and lithium to gain 130%. Continue reading for excerpts from […]
Manganese Alloy Prices Head South as China Curbs Pollution
Core Consultants released its October Manganese Monthly Report. In it we note that while manganese stocks at Chinese ports as of the 19th of October were virtually unchanged from the previous month at 2.26m tonnes compared to 2.27m tonnes, when we compare this to the start of the third quarter, we note that overall stocks […]
Manganese Ore Giants Raise Prices
Manganese stocks at Chinese ports as of the 19th of September stood at 2.27m tonnes compared to 3.13 m tonnes last month. This period of destocking has buoyed ore prices, which are expected to remain high over the next two months as restocking commences. Moreover, steel mills are expected to cut production in October/November as […]
Chrome And Ferrochrome Output Increases Impacting Prices
On the 19th of March, we published our Chrome & Ferrochrome Monthly Report. We note that that the benchmark for the second quarter has been set 11c/lb lower, but this did not come as a surprise, nor should it be cause for alarm. From our perspective, the lower settlement was inevitable. Chrome ore stocks at Chinese […]
Iron Ore Prices To Remain Below $50/tonne
The iron ore marketing remains in oversupply. The combination of a weak steel demand, the commissioning of new low cost capacity and the reservations among high-cost producers to shut down operations continues to plague the market. Producers did try and cut costs at the beginning for the year and attempt to destock, but unless demand […]