HBIS and Shagang Group both Launched Bids for FeSi for November Delivery

In the third week of October, calcium silicon price in China kept flat. Calcium silicon price in southern China was higher than the price in northern China. There were few calcium silicon factories in Sichuan. Now calcium silicon market was oversupplied, and t...

Silicon metal price continued to be flat in the third week of October in China. Chemical silicon metal price kept firm. The reason was Organic silicon market turned warm and this led to more need for chemical silicon metal.

There were dozens of new ferrosilicon furnaces into operation in China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. These new furnaces were of large sizes, the largest of which reached 40,500KVA and local government enlarged the scope of enterprises who could benefit pre...

Silicon metal price kept firm in late October in China. Spot materials of high-grade silicon metal were hard to find. It was highly unlikely that low-grade silicon metal price would increase, because its price increased substantially in the past two months.

“Three ups& Three downs” Featured Energy Consumption of Ordos Six Major Industries in January to September 2014

Chemical silicon metal price had kept firm since National Day. Organic silicon market turned warm and this led to more need for chemical silicon metal. Low-water seasons would come and high electric cost would stimulated silicon metal price.

At the moment when one week had passed since China National Day (1st to 7th of October) was over, the export of high grade products such as 2202 and 3303 grades also went up , and the FOB offer price for export was up by US$40 - US$60 per ton from the one befo...