Although the metallurgical silicon metal price dropped recently, the chemical silicon metal market still firmed with tight supply of spot materials.

According to statistic National Bureau of Statistic of China, China export ... tons of silicon metal in June, up by ...% Y-O-Y, and materials were mainly shipped to S.Korea and Japan with quantities respectively at ... tons and ... tons.

The Brazilian company financing the bulk of the Mississippi Silicon plant said a “desperate” lawsuit by a competitor will not derail its efforts.

July 8th, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China released the first batch of outdated capacity, which should be closed before end of September and removed before end of this year.

Brazil mainly produces ferrosilicon, calcium silicon and Si metal which are all high power-consuming industrial products and much rely on power supply.

Brazil is the third exporter of silicon metal only after China and Norway with annual shipment at 140~200 thousand tons.

Silicon metal market kept stable in mid-July in Yunnan province, which is one of the major Si production regions in China. Most of the silicon metal prices maintained with high grade products especially firm.

Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company of Iceland, and United Silicon hf. announced today that all conditions precedent had been lifted with regard to the power purchase agreement (PPA) signed by the two parties last March.