CaSi producers were faced with unsatisfying deals in the fierce competition with industrial counterparts in China. CaSi market prices seemed steady, while in fact producers were lowering their offers and traded prices were also on the decline.

Hot temperature and increasing demand from steel mills of Japan and South Korea in Q2 of 2014 together led to tight supply of ferrosilicon in June and July in China. The tight situation didn’t improve in early August. The majority of Chinese steel mils raised...

Widened Price Gap Existed Between Chinese BaSi Producers

Yaojie Coal and Electricity Group Co., Ltd Inspected De-stocking of Ferrosilicon of its Ferroalloy Subsidiary

[Ferro-Alloys.com] In 2013, China totally exported 704,280 tons of silicon metal, up by 46.7% Y-O-Y. In H1 of 2014, China totally exported 389,898 tons of silicon mtal, up by 27.2% Y-O-Y.

According to statistic of Japan Customs, Japan imported 13233 tons of silicon metal, up by 55.8% Y-O-Y.

Chinese calcium silicon market kept stable in August. Meanwhile, the calcium silicon export market in China was still depressed with widened price gap.

The last week of July saw continued decline of low-grade Si metal and steady prices of chemical-grade Si metals. The export market of Chinese Si metal became slow with difficult deals. Most Si metal producers had normal production and they were producing Si me...