According to statistic of Korea Customs, S.Korea imported 16,285 tons of silicon metal in October 2014, up by 19.5% M-O-M and up by 50.8% Y-O-Y. The materials were mainly imported from China and Norway with import volumes respectively at 14,345 tons and 900 t...

Till the end of this week, December bids of ferrosilicon appeared. Although some ferrosilicon producers had reduced operation rate due to slashed purchase prices and volumes of the steel mills, the market prices kept declining in China..

Exports of Norway FeSi slightly Decreased by 2% Month-on-Month in October 2014

硅铁市场现货积压 厂商报价持续下行

Silicon metal price tended downwards in the third week of November. High-grade silicon metal and chemical silicon metal price turned down.

Till the end of this week, November bids of ferrosilicon had come to en end in China and some ferrosilicon producers had reduced operation rate due to slashed purchase prices and volumes of the steel mills.

In September, Brazil exported 7936 tons of silicon metal (Si<99.99%), falling down by 29.7% M-O-M and down by 31.8% Y-O-Y. In Jan-Sept, 2014, Brazil totally exported 102504 tons of silicon metal, down by 0.95% Y-O-Y.

According to the statistics of US International Trade Commission, America imported 17141 mt of silicon metal in September 2014, up by 18.1% M-O-M. The materials were mainly imported from Brazil (4722mt), South Africa (2782mt), Australia (1672mt), Canada (3391m...