According to the data from China Customs, silicon metal export volume totally reached 184,378.750mt in Q1, 2014. Compared with the same period last year, Si export amount increased......

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With wet season approaching in southwest areas, many Si plants plan to restart furnaces. Furnaces in Sichuan province may restart in May, and Si manufacturers might rework in late May.

Recently, spoken with many manufacturers, many silicon metal plants plan to restart furnaces in wet season. Meanwhile, the suppliers are not optimistic to future market. The increasing spot Si volumes in wet season may pull down the prices.

Mud-rock flow disaster of July tenth 2013 badly struck the seven enterprises in one industrial park of Aba Autonomous Prefecture Industrial Park.