8/12/2007

[Nickel]September nickel market prices would have risen?

Since June, Nickel City overall market downturn, with only small, and few transactions, the price has fallen very low, nickel, iron manufacturers are expected in August when the market will be slightly better, but from the current situation, no signs of improvement, so it looks forward to manufacturers in September in the time will get better, but most of the manufacturers for September or improved confidence, and even some manufacturers, said it should pressure losses, even businesses should goods, are not for sale.
But from the Nickel Plate situation, and outside was not very optimistic, today, the LME nickel inventories increase again after 1152 tons fell sharply. Nickel steady thereafter, but could not put the sharp rebound. Nickel closed at 28,150 US dollars, fell 52.50 2.60%. The stock has gone up dramatically, the specifications on the various aspects of the downstream looks at the empty afternoon, shortly whether stainless steel market remains stable, will determine the long-term price of nickel prices. Jinchuan Group and also put on today by the ex-factory price of 265,000 yuan / ton downward to 248,000 yuan / ton reduction from the 17,000 yuan / ton. Last week, as the price of nickel plate steady, and the businessmen that the city has fallen nickel bottom line, nickel-iron, nickel ore market some slightly active, Nickel received a number of businessmen from nickel iron manufacturers inquiry, but this week nickel plate prices began to fall after the nickel market returned to its quiet .
As we all know, at the end of 2002, China's total nickel reserves 2.5795 million tons. From the perspective of the static calculation, currently China's nickel reserves to be mined also about 40. So nickel resources are very rare and precious, and industry experts also called on the industry to save stainless steel with nickel, nickel reasonable. On the present depressed market conditions, the demand for serious than that is an indisputable fact, in the upstream and downstream sectors of supply and demand relationship and there is no change in circumstances, in September nickel City really good?
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[V2O5] this week vanadium pentoxide a small price rise

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This week, the price of vanadium pentoxide a certain rise in the Monday to Wednesday, the price has remained the last week, Thursday, the price will rise to some, the rise of 2,000 yuan / ton. Currently, 98% - vanadium prices 11.4-11.5 million / ton, while the price also rose a bit, the mainstream transaction price 114,000 / ton, up from the 113,000 / rose 10 million tons / tons, 98% of vanadium powder, current mainstream Price 11.2-11.4 10,000 / ton.
According to reflect businessmen this week, with the single increase to a certain extent, and transactions of last week's better than many, the cash is still very tense, so do businesses for a certain price upward. Hunan powder vanadium businesses, transactions are now 11.3-11.4 million in the transaction, the situation has certainly improved, but the end of the market, namely the European businesses off the end of the summer, or not to have too many expectations, so there are no thoughts of maize, produced on sales will be considered.
As in the 06, 810 days from the start, the European businesses continue to enter the procurement, ferrovanadium and vanadium pentoxide in a certain price increases, businesses are still looking forward to this year at this time can be improved, ferrovanadium domestic manufacturers to buy raw materials due to vanadium pentoxide difficulties, a farmer and the intention to do so to a certain price upward, the current mainstream Price 128,000 / ton. Ferrovanadium from home and abroad with the single still small, the volume remains small, the manufacturers of unilateral price increases, the market more desolate.
Most of the vanadium pentoxide manufacturers for the end of August or the market has expected, said when prices will certainly rise, the European business before the summer break reserve inventory should also consume the same, so will the market procurement, and a few business think it would be to September 10 in the Bank only some good feelings, after all this year, China's policy of vanadium pentoxide certain adjustment of the export tax rebate done canceled, even if the larger environment has not changed circumstances, the development of the market will have a different, even more, the policy has also done a certain degree of adjustment to the circumstances, this year's market whether we can maintain last year's development path, is a very questionable issue. But it is certain that the cash tension, coupled with the improvement in the European market, the price of vanadium pentoxide is definitely not a decline..
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[Manganese ferroalloy] early August manganese ferroalloy market analysis

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Enter August, ferroalloy products showed signs of rising, especially iron and molybdenum Electrolytic Manganese rose very obvious, but the main reason is in August after the cash shortage. In mid - to late July to early August, the south part of the disaster mines and smelters home production affected to a certain degree, resulting in a sharp decline in output. Since July of steel procurement of raw materials off-season, ferroalloy production the impact does not seem apparent, ferroalloy market also made plain in late July the market to maintain a stable situation. But in the August, as demand for steel gradually restored, the supply of hidden contradictions gradually emerged, some ferroalloy product prices have risen accordingly.

Electrolytic Manganese DJMn99.7 price increases are very strong, but at the current market price, confusion has emerged tight supply on the market. In late July manufactured quotations in the domestic 17300-17500 yuan / ton to early August prices have risen 20000-21000 yuan to the price, ended last weekend (August 10) the area manufacturers are generally Price 22000-22500 yuan / ton, or even individual manufacturers reported 23,000 yuan / tons of high prices, while most manufacturers face a rapidly rising market is no longer offer. Not only manufacturers, including consumer and commercial traders of all market participants need time to adapt and accept such a market.

By contrast, manganese, silicon, manganese prices stable, manganese ore prices will not continue weak. It is learned that the ports along the supply of manganese ore spot tense situation, 48% of Australian ore prices for the 65-67 yuan / ton, Gabon 46-47% of the manganese ore prices 62 yuan / ton degrees. HCFeMn 65C7.0 current prices in 7200-7500 yuan / ton, carbon ferromanganese prices in the mainstream 17000-18000 yuan / ton; Domestic silicomanganese prices, FeMn65Si17 Price in the southern part of the 7300-7500 yuan / ton, in the northern region Price 7600-7900 yuan / ton .