Manganese ore prices to China decrease; port prices firm

摘要

Prices for manganese ore deliveredto China edged down this week as demandremained lackluster on the back of prevailingweak ferroalloy industries, a depreciatingyuan making imports more expensive, and anoverall dim economic outlook as stock marketscrashed, sources said. Platts assessed its weekly 44% manganeseore price at $2.10/dmtu from $2.25/dmtu CIFTianjin a week ago, and 37% manganese ore at$1.80/dmtu from $1.85/dmtu same basis.