Japan ferrosilicon (>55%) imports increase 23.98% YoY in Jan-Aug 2021.

China will take key measures to ensure stable energy supplies this winter and next spring, the country's top economic regulator said on Wednesday.

At the same time, the supply of hydropower and wind power decreases in winter, and cannot fill the gap left by the reduction in thermal power.

Japan ferrosilicon (≤55%) imports increase 10.73% YoY in Jan-Aug 2021.

Japan ferrosilicon (≤55%) imports increase 61.57% YoY in August 2021.

Electrical consumption reached more than 525.27 billion kilowatt-hours in the first eight months this year, up 17.33 percent year-on-year.

Work teams have been dispatched to Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, eastern Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and Hunan, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said.

The 2201 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 15936 yuan per ton on September 29.