Metallurgical Si metal prices began to increase in the last week in August in China. And Chemical si metal prices remained firm. More orders made some factories turn prices up.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] According to statistic of Japan Customs, Japan imported 13894 tons of silicon metal, down by 5.3% Y-O-Y.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] According to statistic National Bureau of Statistic of China, China export 85041tons of silicon metal in July, up by 26.6% Y-O-Y, and materials were mainly shipped to S.Korea and Japan with quantities respectively at 18092 tons and 15078 ton...

In H1 of 2014, Chinese polysilicon production was 62000 tons, up by 100% Y-O-Y. It accounted for 41% of global production. PV modules production was 15.5GW, up by 34.8% and accounting for 60% of global production. And imported polysilicon was 55900 tons, incre...

Si metal prices continued to keep stable and Metallurgical Si metal prices stopped declining in late August in China. Factories were dealing with previous orders. Chemical Si metal prices remained firm. It was benefited from better organosilicon trade.

According to statistic of Korea Customs, S.Korea imported 12,902 tons of silicon metal in July 2014, slightly up M-O-M and up by 30.8% Y-O-Y. The materials were mainly imported from China, Norway and South Africa with import volumes respectively at 10679 tons,...

According to the statistics of US International Trade Commission, America imported 14319 mt of silicon metal in June, 2014, up by 10.2% M-O-M. The materials were mainly imported from Brazil (6334mt), South Africa (2110mt), Australia (1368mt), Canada (1763mt), ...

August, Chinese silicon metal 553# continued to drop with exporters offering disordered prices.