[Expressed by www.ferro-alloys.cn]

As the end of the lunar New Year is coming, the overall market of cored wire is in stable operation. The prices of the raw materials of nodularized cored wire such as rare magnesium, magnesium ingot, ferro silicon, silicon barium have rose slightly, but the prices of downstream products have not yet. The market is still calm on the whole and the prices of various cored wire products are unchanged.

A manufacturer of cold rolled strip steel in Hebei Province revealed that recently, the prices of cold rolled strip steel had dropped. 0.35*55 Q195 has dropped to 4,300 yuan per ton from 4,470 yuan per ton. SPCC0.35-0.39*55 has dropped to 4,450 yuan per ton from 4,500 yuan per ton. SPCC0.4-0.49*55 has dropped to 4,400 yuan per ton from 4,450 yuan per ton. SPCC 0.35-0.45mm has dropped to 4,500 yuan per ton from 5,100 yuan per ton. The prices of other cored wire products has no changed.

At present, the cored wire market is still stable with no obvious change in the prices of various products. It is expected that there will no large fluctuation before the festival.

Calcium silicon cored wire (Ca28Si55∮13mm) is 10,500 to 11,500 yuan per ton. Calcium silicon cored wire (Ca30Si58) is 11,800 to 12,300 yuan per ton. Solid pure calcium cored wire (Ca98%min∮9mm) is 10,500 to 11,000 yuan per ton. Ferro calcium cored wire (Ca30∮13mm) is 8,300 to 8,800 yuan per ton. Ferro calcium cored wire (Ca30∮30mm) is 10,000 to 10,500 yuan per ton. Carbon cored wire (C98%∮13mm) is 6,500 to 7,000 yuan per ton. Silicon magnesium cored wire (Si40Mg28Re2∮13mm) is 11,500 to 12,500 yuan per ton. Ferro titanium cored wire (Ti30%min∮13mm) is 11,000 to 11,100 yuan per ton. Nodulizer cored wire is 11,500 to 11,800 yuan per ton. Ca28 (natural block) is 10,100 yuan per ton. Ca30 (natural block) is 10,300 yuan per ton. Metal crude calcium is 15,100-15,300 yuan per ton.

The export transaction price of calcium silicon cored wire (ca30si60∮13mm) is 1,550 to 1,630 US dollars per ton. Calcium silicon cored wire (ca28si55∮13mm) is 1,530 to 1,610 US dollars per ton. Bite type solid core pure calcium core wire (ca98%min∮9mm) is 1,670 to 1,750 US dollars per ton. Pure calcium cored wire (Ca30 ∮13mm) is 1,350 to 1,400 US dollars per ton. There is no adjustment comparing with the last month (FOB price, Tianjin Port).

The current situation is expected to continue until the Spring Festival holiday with no large fluctuation in the later market. But after the Spring Festival holiday, to the end of February or early March, because of low operating rate in producing areas of cored wire as a result of the influence of environmental factor in recent time, once the raw materials are in short supply, the later market will certainly fluctuate somewhat. 

• [Editor:张德众]