[Ferro-Alloys.com] Silicon metal price remain stable in this week, but the inventory reduced and maintain production company currently producing single row, indicating that the current market China and abroad demand is still exist but for buyers who now have become more cautious inquiry, purchase stocking psychological problems.

According to incomplete statistics, in December 2015, Chinese silicon metal production volume was about 174,730 tons, compared with 222,270 tons in November reduced 21.39%. The reason is obvious that the major domestic producer Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places had shutdown caused decline, a production enterprise manager said: They currently have three furnaces checked in the overhaul, regardless of how the market like they would have been producing, but also expressed concerns about the market this year. Another company official told the site they are currently orders have been filled, and full capacity, currently maintaining furnace 8, sales can be. A Guizhou enterprise mainly produces oxygen barrier 553 #, currently a 12500KVA furnace smelting furnace, for the production of enterprises have fixed buyers, the price is reasonable.

Up to now China price of silicon metal was stable, but the price fluctuation range, for example: the current 553 #without oxygen export price was USD 1,460 / ton -1500 / ton, compared to $ 1,600 last August quotes / ton -1620 USD / tons, plummeted by nearlyUSD150 / ton, down 8.8 percent; while compared to August 2014 # 553 oxygen nowhere greater decline in export prices, August 2014 ,553 # without oxygen export prices fell in the month, the entire August Prices was USD 2,030 / ton to USD2060 / ton, fell in 2014 compared with up to USD550 / ton, the price change will affect the psychological gap so large export enterprise sales and production enterprise production confidence.

China is currently nowhere oxygen to maintain the original price of 553 # Price range: 553 # without oxygen price 9400 yuan / ton -9500 yuan / ton Kunming, Huangpu port price is 9500 yuan / ton -9600 yuan / ton, due to the recent inquiry Merchant unreasonable amount of oxygen production # 553 in reducing domestic hand there is a certain stock traders, therefore post-market traders might active.

• [Editor:tianyawei]