In mid July 2014 Si metal remained steady in China and most grades of Si enjoyed firm prices. As demand for Si metal kept strong from June 2014 to early July in China, Si metal producers were faced with tight supply over demand. In mid July 2014, some produce...

This week was still within mid July, but some steel mills started bids for ferrosilicon for August delivery in China. Shaogang Group would purchase 1,000 mt of ferrosilicon for August, flat with last month. FeSi producers had steady operation rates, small furn...

Chinese calcium silicon market maintained silent in the second ten-day of July with no improvement for transactions and capability utilization rate at a higher level of 70%.

Exports of Norway FeSi Markedly Increased in June 2014

South Korea Imports of FeSi Markedly Rose Year-on-Year in June 2014

This week ferrosilicon prices almost unchanged in main production regions in China and producers held comparably steady offers. Shagang Group and a number of other large steel mills made known their purchase prices of FeSi for July delivery

Si metal of low grades was seen with slight declining prices in early July 2014 in China, but Si metal of high grades enjoyed firm prices. Producers kept normal production and tight supply situation got improved.

Chinese calcium silicon market kept stable in the first ten-day of July with inactive transactions, and ex-work price including VAT of calcium silicon 30# was at RMB10400-10600/mt