Chinese ferrosilicon market kept silent in mid-April with domestic ex-work price stable despite of some producers decreasing the offers slightly for inactive transactions.

According to latest statistics of South Korea Customs Service, South Korea imported 22,499 mt of ferrosilicon, up by 53.2% from February of 2014(14,686 mt) and up 12.9% from March of 2013(19,933 mt).

[Ferro-alloys.com] Before the year 2012, China was always the largest ferrosilicon producer as well as the largest ferrosilicon exporter in the world. Russia began to surpass...

[Ferro-alloys.com] According to UN trade statistics, world imports of FeSi (Si>55%) have ranged from 2.3 million tonnes to 2.5 million tonnes in the past several years. Main importers of FeSi were Japan, South Korea, Germany, the United States, the Netherlands...

[Ferro-alloys.com] Chinese ferrosilicon market hovered in the first ten days of April. Domestic price slightly dropped down compared with that in end-March.

Chinese ferrosilicon market hovered in the first ten days of April. Domestic price slightly dropped down compared with that in end-March.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Currently, there were big gaps between ferrosilicon quotations in China. Most producers announced that there were few inquiries and the transaction was not that active.

Last week Shasteel, HBIS, TISCO and NISCO released their purchase prices or enquiry prices, all down RMB200-250/mt (USD32-40/mt) to delivered tax-inclusive price RMB5,900/mt(USD949/mt, export duty not included) by acceptance from March of 2014. Increased volum...