In second ten-day of August, silicon metal price in US spot market rose up again due to shortage supply of materials from Brazil and Australia.

Chinese Silicon Barium Calcium market kept stable in August. Ex-work price including VAT of SiBa12Ca12 was at RMB8000-8100/ton and SiBa13Ca13 price was at RMB8200-8250/ton, SiBa14Ca14 was offered above RMB9000/ton.

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Chinese Silicon Barium market kept stable, but there was a big gap between the highest offer and the lowest. In Gansu province, which is the main producing region in China, the ex-work price including VAT of Silicon Barium 30# was at RMB6800-7000/ton, although...

Metallurgical Si metal prices continued to decline while chemical Si metal prices remained firm in early August in China. As low grade Si metal prices kept declining, foreign dealers took sideline attitude toward purchases. Power price was much lower in high-w...

his week there was few bids of ferrosilicon for August delivery in China. The main tone of August bids for ferrosilicon was that most steel mills raised RMB50/mt on July purchase prices, which helped some ferrosilicon producers raise their quotations.

In the first ten-day of August, some of Chinese producers cut the ex-work price of calcium silicon under big pressure of weak demand and bad transactions.

Metallurgical Grade Si Metal Price Further Dropped in China