Since July 2014, metallurgical grade Si metal prices had declined much and became basically stable in mid August 2014 in China. Editor of www.ferro-alloys.com made an analysis of silicon metal price changes in terms of supply and demand.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese APT was offered at RMB-/mt .

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese W concentrates was offered at RMB-/mt.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The movement tendency of silicon manganese in China already set clear in the wake of August tender of steelmakers.

In August, Chinese calcium carbide supply was much affected by tightened hazardous material transportation inspection.

Although the dropping step slowered in Chinese domestic, the metallurgical silicon metal 553# export price still decreased from USD2020-2050/ton FOB to USD2000-2040/ton FOB.

According to the investigation of www.ferro-alloys.com，electrolytic manganese metal (EMM) market in China was still firm.

India’s Top Import Source of FeSi-Bhutan