Rate of Operation Improved Main Si Production Regions in June in China

China, as the main silicon exporting country in the world, has large impact on the global market to some extent. The silicon materials have been in tight supply since May, which also drew the price up in the world besides in China.

Xinjiang-Based Si Producers Had Higher Operation Rate

tight supply of silicon metal existed even until the end of June 2014 in China. Producers said their businesses were hot recently and it was very hard to procure spot silicon metal for export order due to quite tight supply.

Tight Supply of Silicon Metal Lingered in Sichuan

In end June, Chinese silicon metal export market was still firm with spot materials continuously tight especially for high grade silicon metal.

This situation was confirmed by silicon metal dealers, major ones of which expressed they didn’t stock up due to tight supply and good sales of silicon metal and it was very hard to seek spot materials and trading price was much higher.

In mid-June, silicon metal market was still in tight supply and the spots were hard to buy......