At Fastmarkets MB's 34th International Ferro-alloys Conference in Lisbon this week, we polled delegates about their expectations for the ferro-alloys markets in 2019.
How will ferro-alloy prices move in 2019 relative to 2018? After a strong year in 2018, which has included a steady increase in manganese ore prices and multi-year highs in the vanadium market, the greatest proportion of poll respondents expected the ferro-alloys markets to move lower overall in 2019. But there remain reasons...