The early and mid September market of ferrosilicon was somewhat in the upward situation, with slight improvement of offers and traded prices. At present the majority of producers quoted FeSi75# at

Chinese silicon metal price continued rising up in September with tight supply. The orders were fully arranged to October. Producers raised the offers for having no spot materials.

The phase-out target assigned to Baotou city by Inner Mongolia Government was the elimination of 152.3 thousand tons of ferroalloys, 4 million tons of cement, 34.6 thousand tons of rare earth and 50 thousand tons of carbon in the year 2014.

In the second ten days of September, Chinese silicon metal market slowed rising steps, though the producers still insist on their offers. At present, price of off –grade silicon metal 553# was at RMB12400-12500/mt (Delivered to Kunming warehouse). Most of the...

According to September 12th news posted on the official website of Brazil-based ferroalloy producer-Ferbasa, European steel market remained sluggish, although there was a slight improvement in steel market by the end of August 2014. An upturn trend was seen in...

In India, most of silicon barium materials are imported from China. The mainstream imported price of Silicon Barium in first 10 days of September was as follows, about 100 tons of SiBa1-3# was at USD1700-1720/mt CIF, nearly the same as that in August.

After Mid-Autumn Festival, calcium silicon price in China kept steady. There were no stocks in most factories.

Silicon metal price kept firm in the second week of September in China. Silicon metal export price also began to increase. Consumers began to purchase silicon metal actively.