This week, Si products were still in tight supply on spot market. Most orders kept producing based on the orders and there were few inventories to buy.

CaSi transaction had less change on spot market. Most orders were from old clients and there were few new orders to get. In terms of production,

US Imports of Chinese FeSi Soared in March of 2014

[Ferro-alloys.com] Because of the continued conflict between Russia and Ukraine and US’ sanctions against exports of some Russian commodities, ferroalloy consumers especially ferrosilicon consumers might turn to other production countries for the materials so...

Although Si price dropped, the real transaction was not that active on export market. According to one exporter, inquires for Si products increased recently

Compared with the tight supply in April, there were small amounts of silicon metal products on spot market in early May. Meanwhile, Si quotations kept firm due to low capacity utilization rate.

According to the data from China Customs, silicon metal export volume totally reached 184,378.750mt in Q1, 2014. Compared with the same period last year, Si export amount increased......

FeSi Market was Likely to Run Stably in China in Early May