Monthly Report of Ferrosilicon Market in February, 2022

  • Monday, February 28, 2022
  • Source:ferro-alloys.com

  • Keywords:ferrosilicon market, ferrosilicon supply, ferrosilicon demand, steel market, magnesium market
[Fellow]In February, the ferrosilicon spot market operated steadily under favorable factors.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]

[Ferrosilicon Market] In February, the ferrosilicon spot market operated steadily under favorable factors such as small inventory, and the price of steel tender gradually increased (the tender price of ferrosilicon 75-B of a steel plant in Hunan was set at 9350 yuan per ton in February). The quotation was rising, and it was difficult to find low-cost goods. In the fourth week of February, the quotation of 72# ferrosilicon was mostly about 8700-8900 yuan per ton; Under the condition of fair profits, the supply side was also gradually recovering (the domestic ferrosilicon output again exceeded 500000 tons in January). On the 14th, Ningxia Zhongwei Zhongtai resumed the production of a 33000KVA submerged arc furnace. It was reported that the daily output was about 100 tons. It was expected that new production would be put into operation in the main production area in March (mainly concentrated in production areas outside Inner Mongolia).

[Futures Market]

Date

Opening price

Highest price

Lowest price

Closing price

Settlement price

Trading volume

Positions

Range

2.7

9100

9398

9052

9336

9250

243247

112751

4.29%

2.8

9448

9496

9200

9336

9328

263323

117549

0.93%

2.9

9270

9270

9072

9090

9146

183045

112243

-2.55%

2.10

9160

9348

9156

9258

9270

189643

123204

1.22%

2.11

9330

9414

8978

8988

9214

251782

112906

-3.04%

2.14

8948

9146

8850

8990

9042

171486

112500

-2.43%

2.15

8890

8994

8828

8920

8900

189087

109249

-1.35%

2.16

8940

9200

8940

9148

9094

220966

112580

2.79%

2.17

9034

9192

9028

9136

9122

207354

112099

0.46%

2.18

9210

9628

9210

9544

9400

283299

136474

4.63%

2.21

9574

9620

9342

9518

9470

288144

133493

1.26%

2.22

9560

9644

9260

9274

9452

271591

129546

-2.07%

2.23

9290

9398

9170

9372

9298

225820

127930

-0.85%

2.24

9388

9422

9222

9322

9316

221560

120783

0.26%

2.25

9220

9378

8700

8780

9066

385977

114590

-5.75%

[Steel Market] Data released by the worldsteel: World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 155.0 million tonnes (Mt) in January 2022, a 6.1% decrease compared to January 2021; Data from CISA: in mid February 2022, the average daily crude steel output of key steel enterprises was 1.8989 million tons, down 1.28% month on month; The steel inventory was 16.9035 million tons, an increase of 49500 tons or 0.29% over the previous ten days; It was reported that at present, China's six major coastal steel production bases have been put into operation, with a total steel production capacity of nearly 90 million tons, radiating the market all over the country.

In February, the domestic steel market continued to operate in shock, the downstream demand has not been fully started, the recovery of the supply side exceeded expectations, but it was still relatively low, and some enterprises have not resumed production due to the impact of the Winter Olympics; After the Lantern Festival, the downstream terminals resumed production and work successfully, the demand for steel recovered, and the factory inventory decreased slightly; In terms of price, the sharp drop in the price of iron ore futures has led to the decline in the price of steel, and the market mentality was poor. In the later stage, with the gradual recovery of transactions, the steel market may pick up.

[Magnesium Market] In the first working week after the Spring Festival, driven by factors such as low factory inventory pressure and uncertainty of environmental protection policies, the domestic metal magnesium market operated strongly, but there was a small reversal soon: the demand was cold in the middle of the month, and the quotation fell from 42000 yuan per ton to 39000 yuan per ton. Then the demand followed up, and the quotation rose slightly to about 40000 yuan per ton. In the last ten days of the month, under the influence of the environmental protection policy, magnesium market began to make great strides and rose strongly. The mainstream price rose rapidly from 40000 yuan per ton to 45000 yuan per ton. It was learned that the ex-factory cash quotation including tax of 99.9% magnesium ingots in Fugu area on February 25 was about 46000-50000 yuan per ton. The factory was relatively optimistic about the future market, but the downstream acceptance of high prices would also be limited. Pay attention to the progress of environmental protection policies and downstream follow-up. 

  • [Editor:kangmingfei]

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