[Ferro-Alloys.com] The US imported 14,715 mt of 99-99.99% silicon in the first two months of 2020 and 5,572 mt in February vs. 20,493 mt and 8,447 mt, respectively, in the same 2019 periods. The major suppliers in the first two months of 2020 (February 2020 in...

During the same period, the plant also posted a 30% growth in overall production of prime rails.

Ferrosilicon tender moving slowly and the big steel mill haven’t released its notice. But it’s expected a decrease on price.

The 2009 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5578 yuan per ton on April 3.

In February, Silicon lamination production was 700 thousand tons, up by 60 thousand tons (9.4%) YoY.

Ferrosilicon futures 2005 contract close at 5536 on Thursday April 2.

Through January to March, the ferrosilicon production was around 1.27 million tons.

JSW Steel has decided to scale down/ suspend production at its units in the wake of the global outbreak of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).