At the beginning of September, the operating rate for HC ferrochrome plants in Henan province is around 30-40%. The plants in production are facing with thin profits due to the high price of electricity.

Chinese Silicon Barium market slide with few transactions due to weak demand from consumers. However, there were no many stockpiles in the plants as the materials were so easy weathering. They only produce according to the orders.

Chinese Silicon Barium Calcium market kept stable in September. Ex-work price including VAT of SiBa12Ca12 was at RMB8000-8100/ton and SiBa13Ca13 price was at RMB8200-8400/ton, SiBa14Ca14 was offered at RMB9000-9200/ton. The export price of SiBa12Ca12 was at US...

Chinese buyers are also not in hurry to purchase imported material because of low demand in summer, with expectations of further price correction in the domestic market and ample supply of low-priced domestic material.“Chinese buyers do not have plans to buy ...

Chinese Si553# prices slightly increased, although other Silicon metal prices kept steady in early September.

In the beginning of September, Chinese steel mills have begun the bidding purchase for raw materials such as ferrosilicon and some have released the bidding price after finishing the purchase, most of which kept stable except for HBIS raising by RMB40 for FeSi...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese vanadium pent oxide was offered at RMB69,000-70,000/mt (USD11,311-11,475/mt, export duty excluded). Suppliers had limited materials in hand, unwilling to sell at low price. The supply of vanadium pent oxide was tight, with offer appro...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeV50 was offered at RMB79,000-80,000/mt (USD12,950-13,114/mt, export duty excluded) by acceptance. In late month, major steel mills entered the market to buy FeV, transacting at RMB79,000/mt (USD12,950/mt, export duty excluded) by ac...