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January 2020 | Steel Raw Materials


European prices improving, with gains expected to continue into early Q1 2020: Ferro-alloy Market Analysis


Initially the recovery was made on inter-trade activity as traders positioned themselves amid a round of production cuts across Europe.

The European ferro-silicon market is looking to build on pricing gains made in the past few weeks, with producers looking to recover prices that have been in steady decline since January 2018. The European ferro-silicon spot price jumped more than 12% in November, boosted on supply worries and increased consumer demand due to European production cuts and low import levels.

One deal for 400 tonnes was reportedly sold to a consumer by a trader at €1,030 per tonne delivered. Production cuts have been reported in France, Spain, Poland, Ukraine,...

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