In the first quarter of 2016, Chinese ferrosilicon exports amount is 41742 tons, decrease 38.2% compared with the same period of last year.

Brazilian ferro-silicon exports more than doubled year-on-year in April, boosted mainly by sales to the USA, the Netherlands and India.

Earnings of Brazil’s ferro-alloys producer Ferbasa fell 9.6% year-on-year in the first quarter, negatively affected by higher production costs and lower prices.

ATC Alloys, the ferro-tungsten company previously known as Hazelwood Resources, produced about 400 tonnes of material during its production runs in the first calendar quarter of 2016, compared with about 200 tonnes in the preceding quarter.

Brazil’s ferro-silico-manganese producer Granha Ligas has resumed operations at its Corumbá plant, in the central-western state of Mato Grosso do Sul.