Ferro Silicon prices gain marginally on the ground of stronger buying activity. Market sources assume prices to remain stable and perhaps strengthen in the coming month.

Chinese Silicon Barium Calcium market kept stable in September. Ex-work price including VAT of SiBa12Ca12 was at RMB8000-8100/ton and SiBa13Ca13 price was at RMB8200-8400/ton, SiBa14Ca14 was offered at RMB9000-9200/ton. The export price of SiBa12Ca12 was at US...

Chinese Silicon Barium market slide with few transactions due to weak demand from consumers. However, there were no many stockpiles in the plants as the materials were so easy weathering. They only produce according to the orders.

Chinese Si553# prices slightly increased, although other Silicon metal prices kept steady in early September.

In the beginning of September, Chinese steel mills have begun the bidding purchase for raw materials such as ferrosilicon and some have released the bidding price after finishing the purchase, most of which kept stable except for HBIS raising by RMB40 for FeSi...

The Chinese largest steel mill HBIS increased its September ferrosilicon 72# bidding price to RMB6030/mt (delivered price) from RMB5990/mt in August. After the price released, the mills around HBIS also increased the September bidding price.

In July 2014, Iceland exported 11401 tons of ferrosilicon, up by 58.9% Y-O-Y and up by 26.9% Y-O-Y. The materials were mainly shipped to Holland, Spain and Germany with quantities respectively at 3335 tons, 2501 tons and 2241 tons, which were all violently ris...

In India, most of silicon barium materials are imported from China. The mainstream imported price of SiBa in August was as follows, SiBa1-3# was at USD1700-1720/mt CIF, SiBa4-6# price was at USD1650/mt CIF and SiBa9-11# price was at USD1740-1750/mt.