August, Chinese silicon metal 553# continued to drop with exporters offering disordered prices.

In the third ten-day of July, Chinese silicon metal market differed with 553# price dropping while chemical grade silicon slightly rising. The capability utilization of the factories was unchanged and spot materials were still difficult to inqury. Orders were ...

Chinese calcium silicon market kept stable in the third ten-day of July with no improvement for transactions and demand.

With Shaogang Group being the first steel mill to launch bids for August ferrosilicon in China, this week much focused Shagang Group and HBIS both released August purchase plans for ferroalloys including ferrosilicon. Shagang Group would purchase a total of 5,...

S. Korea’s Other Unlisted Ferroalloy Import Up Y-O-Y in June 2014

In mid July 2014 Si metal remained steady in China and most grades of Si enjoyed firm prices. As demand for Si metal kept strong from June 2014 to early July in China, Si metal producers were faced with tight supply over demand. In mid July 2014, some produce...

This week was still within mid July, but some steel mills started bids for ferrosilicon for August delivery in China. Shaogang Group would purchase 1,000 mt of ferrosilicon for August, flat with last month. FeSi producers had steady operation rates, small furn...

Chinese calcium silicon market maintained silent in the second ten-day of July with no improvement for transactions and capability utilization rate at a higher level of 70%.