Affected by steady demand and loss status, the overall operation rate kept low in ferrosilicon industry, which was around 60%. Only some large ferrosilicon producers could maintain 80% or even higher. Ningxing Hui region ranked top three in terms of capacity ...

Chinese Silicon Barium Calcium market kept stable in August. Ex-work price including VAT of SiBa12Ca12 was at RMB8000-8100/ton and SiBa13Ca13 price was at RMB8200-8250/ton, SiBa14Ca14 was offered above RMB9000/ton.

In second ten-day of August, silicon metal price in US spot market rose up again due to shortage supply of materials from Brazil and Australia.

According to the statistics of US International Trade Commission, American ferroalloy export volume was 9720 mt in June 2014, dropping down by 12.6% M-O-M and up by 8.6% Y-O-Y. The total export volume in H1 of 2014 was 66,214mt, up by 8.3% Y-O-Y.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In June, 2014, China exported 259.3mt APT, 9.7% higher than last June (236.2mt) and 25.8% lower than May (349.5mt).

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China exported 60mt FeW in June, 2014, 2times higher than last June (20mt) and an increase of 37.9% compared with May (43.5mt).

EMM market in Europe went up again recently. According to the latest data of MB, warehouse price of

US Imports of FeSi Drastically Decreased in June 2014