Key data from Fastmarkets' Friday April 30 pricing sessions in China, India, Europe and the United States.
Lower offers for seaborne manganese ore prices led the seaborne ore markets to resume their steady downtrend after a short-lived bounce the previous week. Portside low- and high-grade manganese ore markets rose with smelters looking to replenish feedstock ahead of the Labor Day holiday (May 1-5), while suppliers simultaneously lifted their offer prices. The spot silico-manganese market continued to climb up amid bullish sentiment fueled by strong futures performance, against the backdrop of...