[Ferro-alloys.com] Silicon metal price kept increasing in the third week of September in China. Then silicon metal price kept steady. Other types of silicon metal price also increased. Until the third week of September, quotations were as follows: Kunming delivered price for off-grade Si553#, RMB12,500-12,600/mt, Si553#, RMB13,000-13,200/mt and Si441#, RMB13,400-13500/mt; Tianjin port price for Si421#, RMB14,200-14,300/mt and Si411#, RMB14,400-14,500/mt; much higher prices of Si2202# and Si3303#.

Export market of Si metal: Until the second week of September,, Si553# was USD 2,060-2,080/mt, Si441# was USD 2,240-2,260/mt, Si421# was USD2,310-2,330/mt, Si 411# was USD2,330-2,350/mt, Si3,303# was USD2,340-2,360/mt and Si2,202# was USD2,500-2,550/mt FOB.

Western Si metal prices remained stable in the third week of September. European Si 553# price was EUR 2200-2250/mt; the US was 144-147cents/lb. Indian silicon metal price was USD2150-2170/mt, higher than early September. Japan and Korea were also affected by Chinese market.

Analysis: The National Day was drawing closer, and the consumers were going to purchase silicon metal for next month. And silicon metal price would continue to increase.

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