In recent week the FeSi price in Chinese market was stable. As the operating rate of FeSi was low,the producers expected the price would bottom out due to the reduced supply. Now the FeSi75# and 72# was quoted at RMB4950/mt and RMB4650/mt respectively.

In end May, the CaSi price in Chinese market was steady as Ca30、55 was offered at RMB9200-9400/mt and CaSi28/55 was RMB9000-9200/mt. The export price further declined as CaSi30/55FOB (Tianjin port) was USD1600-1620/mt and CaSi28FOB was USD1580-1600/mt.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]According to the latest statistics of Korea Customs, Korea’s FeSi import volume was 23,479 mt in April 2015, slightly up by 4.1% M-O-M(22,539mt) and down by 16.2% Y-O-Y(28,028mt).

Ferro-silicon = In China, the prices of products with Si being 75% and 72% stopped falling . This is because the operating rate of ferro-silicon producers got lowered and the supply volume got reduced, but in some part of the northwestern area, the number of p...

FeSi export price began to slip since Q2, 2014, and maintained the previous condition by late May 2015. Nowadays FeSi 75# was quoted at around USD1,240-1,250/mt(FOB Tianjin port) as the floor level during the recent 5 years.

From mid Oct 2014, domestic FeSi market experienced a ongoing slump. In May 2015, Hebei Iron & Steel Group’s 72# bidding price further declined to RMB5,100/mt, shrinking almost RMB750/mt compared to last year.

The rain period is coming in recent days in Yunnan and Sichuan main production, while the electricity price is higher in Dechang district, now we know the electricity price is 0.42 yuan, and it may declined a little in the rain period.

This week silicon metal price kept falling, factories quotation is not valid and they sold their production through the purchasers’ inquiry.