The second half of late May had come and steel mills such as TISCO and Magang Group had launched bids for kinds of ferrosilicon ranging from standard ones to special ones.

Ferrosilicon producers had few or none spot materials in China in late May and steel mills’ June purchase volumes were expected to keep nearly the same as May. Large ferrosilicon producers had taken the lead in offering higher prices and June purchase price w...

In recent time, demand for silicon metal was quite strong and the supply of spot stocks was tight in China. Recently, more plants restarted......

We could see exports of Chinese ferrosilicon all greatly increased to Japan, South Korea and US.

Roundabout FeSi gets Extremely Scarce due to China-Vietnam Problem

With high-water season approaching, capacity utilization rate of silicon metal began to pick up slowly, especially in Sichuan province.

Exports of Norway FeSi Greatly Decreased in April of 2014

In the middle of May, calcium silicon market kept stable in China. Manufacturers kept producing with good capacity utilization rate......