In mid-December, the trade of calcium silicon market kept well in China. Calcium silicon price didn’t increased in December.

The trade of si metal was inactive in mid-December in China. Si metal operating rate reduce sharply in the south of China.

Operation Situation Differed Much Between Different Qinghai-based Ferrosilicon Producers

Si metal price tended firm in early December in China.

US Imports of Ferrosilicon Decreased over One Thousand Tons in January to October 2014

In the first week of December, calcium silicon market kept steady in China. Only some big calcium silicon mills worked well in China. Steel mills would be in bad state and calcium silicon market was mostly affected by steel price.

Silicon metal price was shaky and unstable in the first week of December in China. Si441# price declined by RMB 100/mt. Many silicon metal mills in Sichuan and Yunnan province stopped working and the operating rate dropped.

Exports of Qinghai Ferroalloys Accounted for 26.9% of the National Total in Q1-Q3 2014