With appearance of steel mills bringing down purchase price of ferrosilicon for January delivery, expanded capacity in some main production regions and financial issues, ferrosilicon price began to drop in January of 2014 and this week the price dropped by aro...

Market players in the US reported that supply of silicon metal 5-5-3 was tighter than expected beginning in early January

With appearance of steel mills lowering purchase price of ferrosilicon for January delivery and financial difficulties, some ferrosilicon producers further lowered ferrosilicon quotations.

Compared with previous month, Si transaction was less active on spot market. Since in Jan., demand for silicon metal

CaSi market ran smoothly and most orders were from old clients. Nearing Spring Festival, some downstream consumers