[Ferro-alloys.com] The bids for September delivery had come to a stage, with most steel mills slightly increasing the purchase prices of ferrosilicon. Represented by HBIS, most North China steel mills basically increased RMB40-50/mt on the purchase prices, Shasteel and some northeast steel mills even lifted RMB100/mt. Although most steel mills generally increased purchase prices, ferrosilicon producers were cautious about their offers, with mainstream FeSi753 being RMB5,850-5,950/mt and FeSi72# being RMB5,550-5,650/mt, ex-work tax-inclusive price by acceptance.

As some low Al and high-purity ferrosilicon producers said, steel mills kept flat or slight increased the special ferrosilicon purchase prices. These ferrosilicon producers kept normal production and flat quotations. In September, Ningxia-based ferrosilicon producers were seen with new operation of furnaces, such as Ningxia Tianjing Metallurgical Co., Ltd and Ningxia Dazhengweiye Metallurgical Co., Ltd. Then the capacity and output of ferrosilicon were to expand in China’s Ningxia Hui Region.

• [Editor:Phillip.Feng]