Although quite a few large steel mills had slightly raised their purchase prices of ferrosilicon for September delivery, the ferrosilicon producers were cautious about their offers. The waste heat power generation projects were in hot construction among the fe...

In July, 2014, Russian ferrosilicon production from the six producers was 55200 tons. In Jan-July, the total ferrosilicon production was 476.7 thousand tons, up by 23.5% Y-O-Y. Production from Chemk and Mechel Group decreased by over 10% through Jan-July.

Japan Imports of FeSi Hit New High in June 2014

With Shaogang Group being the first steel mill to launch bids for August ferrosilicon in China, this week much focused Shagang Group and HBIS both released August purchase plans for ferroalloys including ferrosilicon. Shagang Group would purchase a total of 5,...

This week was still within mid July, but some steel mills started bids for ferrosilicon for August delivery in China. Shaogang Group would purchase 1,000 mt of ferrosilicon for August, flat with last month. FeSi producers had steady operation rates, small furn...

Exports of Norway FeSi Markedly Increased in June 2014

South Korea Imports of FeSi Markedly Rose Year-on-Year in June 2014

This week ferrosilicon prices almost unchanged in main production regions in China and producers held comparably steady offers. Shagang Group and a number of other large steel mills made known their purchase prices of FeSi for July delivery