China's central energy authority unveiled its photovoltaic (PV) development targets for 2014 on Aug 5th, vowing to install 13 gigawatts of new PV power capacity this year.

According to Statistic Norway, the silicon metal (Si<99.99%) export was 11772 tons, dropping by 28.3% M-O-M and down by 3.1% Y-O-Y.

As much as 3 GW of solar PV projects in the U.S. could be under threat following the confirmation last month that fresh anti-dumping tariffs will be levied on solar modules from China and Taiwan.

[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.

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...

In August, Chinese chemical silicon metal market kept firm although the metallurgical silicon dropped.

With ex-work price silicon metal 553# in Chinese domestic going down, the export market became at a stand as foreigners refused the offers