More Si Furnaces into Operation in China

The July 2014 bids for ferrosilicon had closed and most steel mills didn’t reduce purchase volume as predicted. What’s more, most steel mills raised purchase prices of ferrosilicon for July 2014 delivery in China, with China’s northern and northeastern ste...

International Factors Drove Price Increase of Chinese Si Metal

In July, Chinese calcium silicon market kept stable with demand still weak and transactions inactive.

Almost all of the silicon metal plants in Northwest China were in smooth production in July with capability utilization rate at 70-80%.

In July, Chinese Silicon Barium market kept stable with ex-work prices in main regions as follows, SiBa30# price in Gansu at RMB6900-RMB7050/mt, SiBa30# in Henan at RMB6900/mt,

US Si Metal Prices Rose Markedly on Reduced Output of Suppliers

Chinese silicon metal market kept stable in the first 10-day of July with prices of products being firm except for slightly decrease for 553#.