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It is learned that, as 70th anniversary celebration is coming, in order to reduce atmospheric pollution and to protect the environment, many steel mills throughout the country implement limited production or suspended production. For this reason, the demand for cored wire has reduced. The order quantity especially for nodularizer cored wire, seamless metal calcium cored wire and carbon continues to reduce.

In the main production areas of cored wire and the raw materials such as Henan, Hebei, Shandong and Jiangsu, environmental protection inspection has further intensified. Numerous manufacturers have been in limited production or suspended production. Even a manufacturer that reaches the standard of discharge will suspend production due to poor weather. For this reason, a majority of manufacturers has dropped rate of operation and decreased output. As a result, their demand for cold rolled strip steel and other raw materials has reduced.

However, the prices of various cored wire products still remain stable with is no obvious price fluctuation yet. Now, market transaction statistics shows that, now, the mainstream transaction price of silicon calcium cored wire Ca28Si55∮13mm is 10,000 - 11,000 yuan per ton and Ca30Si58∮13mm is 11,200-12,000 yuan per ton; solid pure calcium cored wire Ca98%min∮9mm is 10,000 - 10,500 yuan per ton; ferrotitanium cored wire Ti30%min∮13mm is 11,500 - 11,800 yuan per ton; ferro calcium cored wire Ca30∮13mm is 8,300-8,800 yuan per ton and Ca30∮30mm is 10,000 to 10,500 yuan per ton; silicon magnesium cored wire Si40Mg28Re2∮13mm is 11,500-12,500 yuan per ton; seamless metal calcium cored wire Ca98%min∮9m is 10,200 - 11,200 yuan per ton and Ca98%min∮10mm is 15,200 - 16,200 yuan per ton; carbon cored wire C98%∮13mm is still 7,000-7,500 yuan per ton; nodularizer cored wire is 10,000 to 10,300 yuan per ton.

The price of cold rolled strip steel, the raw material of cored wire, begins to rise and fall frequently again after being stable for one week. On this Monday, the price of various specifications dropped by 30 yuan or so per ton and on Wednesday, it dropped by 30 yuan again, while it rebounded by 20 yuan on Thursday immediately. Now, Q195 0.35*55 is 4,640-4,660 yuan per ton, Q195 0.4 *55 and Q195 0.45 *55 is 4,590-4,610 yuan per ton, SPCC0.35-0.39*55 is 4,690-4,710 yuan per ton, SPCC 0.4 *55 and SPCC 0.45 *55 is 4,640-4,660 yuan per ton. A manufacturer said that, the main reason caused such unstableness is that environmental protection inspection has intensified, numerous cold rolled strip steel manufacturers mainly in Hebei Province has been in limited production or suspended production, which resulted in short supply of cold rolled strip steel; on the other hand, recession of the downstream cored wire market leads to continuous reduction of demand for cored rolled strip steel. Insiders estimate that the current market is still unclear and such frequent price fluctuation is likely to continue for some time.

Ferroboron FeB19C0.1 is 20,000-22,000 yuan per ton, FeB18C0.5 is 18,000-18,200 yuan per ton, FeB17C0.5 is 17,500-17,800 yuan per ton and FeB16C0.5 is 16,500-17,000 yuan per ton. Silicon calcium alloy Ca28Si55 is 11,300-11,500 yuan per ton, Ca28Si60 is 10,600-10,800 yuan per ton, Ca30Si55 is 11,500-11,700 yuan per ton and Ca30Si60 is 10,800-11,000 yuan per ton. Silicon calcium 5828 (brand NO.: Ca28, size: 0-3mm) rose to 9,100-9,300 yuan per ton, 5028 (brand No.: Ca30, size: 0-3mm) is 8,400-8,600 yuan per ton, Ca1 (brand No.: Ca 30, natural block) is 11,000- 11,200 yuan per ton, Ca2 (brand No.: Ca30, natural block) is 10,800-11,000 yuan per ton, Ca28Si55 is 11,300-11,500 yuan per ton, Ca28Si60 is 10,600-10,800 yuan per ton, Ca30Si55 is 11,500-11,700 yuan per ton and Ca30Si60 is 10,800-11,000 yuan per ton. Cold rolled strip steel Q195 0.35*55 is 4,640-4,660 yuan per ton, Q195 0.4 *55 and Q195 0.45 *55 is 4,590-4,610 yuan per ton, SPCC0.35-0.39*55 is 4,690-4,710 yuan per ton, SPCC 0.4 *55 and SPCC 0.45 *55 is 4,640-4,660 yuan per ton. Metal calcium wire is 18,800-19,800 yuan per ton. Metal crude calcium is 15,200-15,400 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 1,600 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).

Now, the price of cold rolled strip steel fluctuates frequently and will not be stabilized for a while. Insiders estimated that such situation will last for a while. Reduction of the overall demand of cored wire market will impact on demand for cold rolled strip steel.

Price Information

Domestic Market Prices of Cored Wire Products

Export Prices of Cored Wire Products

Market Prices of Raw Materials

Metal Calcium

Ferroboron

Ferrophosphorus

Cold Rolled Strip Steel

Calcium Silicon Alloy

• [Editor:张德众]