Ferrosilicon futures 2005 contract close at 5730 on Tuesday February 18.

The administration said it will supervise resumption of energy production as part of the effort to control and prevent further spread of the new strain of the coronavirus.

Top 20 positions increased and decreased varied, the purchase volume is more than the holding position.

"Factors including weak demand, lower prices of industrial products and rising costs led to the fall in profits," said NBS senior statistician Zhu Hong.

The HBIS Group, or Hebei Iron and Steel, paid about 200 million yuan ($29 million) to Vale, the largest producer and exporter of iron in the world, earlier this week.

Ferrosilicon futures 2005 contract close at 5832 on Friday February 14.

HBIS released ferrosilicon 72# tender price of February as 6900 yuan per ton, an increase of 750 yuan per ton on January, and the tender volume was 1050 tons, down by 863 tons vs. the last month.

Ferrosilicon futures 2005 contract close at 5864 on Thursday February 13.