Perspective on Global Si Metal Market: Low in Asia & High in Western Areas

South Korea Imports of FeSi Rose over 10% in July 2014

Metallurgical Si metal prices continued to decline while chemical Si metal prices remained firm in mid August in China. As low grade Si metal prices kept declining, foreign dealers took sideline attitude toward purchases. Si metal of other grades kept steady i...

This week bids of ferrosilicon for August delivery were over in China. Ferrosilicon producers had tight supply of FeSi75# and the overall demand kept stable. Low Al and high purity ferrosilicon producers kept normal production in China.

In mid August, calcium silicon market in China was stable with inactive transactions. At present, about 10 sets with capability at 30000KVA or above were in normal operation. On Jul 28th, Qinghai Baitong started its 30000KVA furnace to produce calcium silicon,...

Since July 2014, metallurgical grade Si metal prices had declined much and became basically stable in mid August 2014 in China. Editor of www.ferro-alloys.com made an analysis of silicon metal price changes in terms of supply and demand.

Although the dropping step slowered in Chinese domestic, the metallurgical silicon metal 553# export price still decreased from USD2020-2050/ton FOB to USD2000-2040/ton FOB.

India’s Top Import Source of FeSi-Bhutan