[Ferro-Alloys.com] In 2013, China totally exported 704,280 tons of silicon metal, up by 46.7% Y-O-Y. In H1 of 2014, China totally exported 389,898 tons of silicon mtal, up by 27.2% Y-O-Y.

According to statistic of Japan Customs, Japan imported 13233 tons of silicon metal, up by 55.8% Y-O-Y.

Chinese calcium silicon market kept stable in August. Meanwhile, the calcium silicon export market in China was still depressed with widened price gap.

The last week of July saw continued decline of low-grade Si metal and steady prices of chemical-grade Si metals. The export market of Chinese Si metal became slow with difficult deals. Most Si metal producers had normal production and they were producing Si me...

This week some mainstream steel mills set August purchase prices of ferrosilicon and most steel mills including HBIS and Shagang Group slightly raised RMB50/mt from last month. HBIS set August FeSi72# at RMB5,990/mt(USD970/mt) and Shagang Group set August FeS...

Chinese calcium silicon market kept stable in the end of July with no improvement for transactions and demand. Meanwhile, the calcium silicon export market in China was still depressed with big gap between the lowest and highest prices.

FeSi Producers were Likely to Raise Further Their Quotations in Early August in China

Chinese Silicon Barium market kept stable, but there was a big gap between the highest offer and the lowest.