Japan ferrosilicon (>55%) imports increase 23.98% YoY in Jan-Aug 2021.

The August output represented a 0.7 percent increase compared with the same period in 2019, the NBS said.

Work teams have been dispatched to Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, eastern Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and Hunan, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said.

At the same time, the supply of hydropower and wind power decreases in winter, and cannot fill the gap left by the reduction in thermal power.

Japan ferrosilicon (>55%) imports increase 217.83% YoY in August 2021.

Japan ferrosilicon (≤55%) imports increase 10.73% YoY in Jan-Aug 2021.

No matter how acute the emissions reduction pressure is, coal and coal-fired electricity are still necessary.

China will take key measures to ensure stable energy supplies this winter and next spring, the country's top economic regulator said on Wednesday.