According to the statistics of US International Trade Commission, American other unlisted ferroalloy export volume was 675 mt in May 2014, up by 6.3% M-O-M and up by 47.4% Y-O-Y. The total export volume in Jan-May 2014 was 3547 mt, up by 32.6% Y-O-Y.

The top five Silicon metal exporters in the world include China, Norway, Brazil, Thailand and Holland. China, as the largest exporter, shipped more than 700 thousands tons in 2013...

Top Importer of Si Metal-Germany

Exports of Icelandic FeSi Surged in May 2014

At the beginning of July 2014 in China, silicon metal prices remained steady

This week several mainstream large steel mills released purchase prices of ferrosilicon for July delivery in China. HBIS raised July purchase price of FeSi72# to

Chinese calcium silicon market kept weak recently, and ex-work price of calcium silicon 30# has dropped to RMB10400-10500/mt while calcium silicon 28# has also decreased to RMB10100-10300/mt. Producers in the main regions such as Shaanxi, Ningxia and Inner Mon...

According to statistic of Japan Customs, Japan imported 13309 tons of silicon metal, up by 9.6% Y-O-Y. The materials were mainly imported from China and Norway with import volumes respectively at 12548 tons and 3250 tons.