Si metal prices continued to keep stable and Metallurgical Si metal prices stopped declining in late August in China. Factories were dealing with previous orders. Chemical Si metal prices remained firm. It was benefited from better organosilicon trade.

According to statistic of Korea Customs, S.Korea imported 12,902 tons of silicon metal in July 2014, slightly up M-O-M and up by 30.8% Y-O-Y. The materials were mainly imported from China, Norway and South Africa with import volumes respectively at 10679 tons,...

According to the statistics of US International Trade Commission, America imported 14319 mt of silicon metal in June, 2014, up by 10.2% M-O-M. The materials were mainly imported from Brazil (6334mt), South Africa (2110mt), Australia (1368mt), Canada (1763mt), ...

August, Chinese silicon metal 553# continued to drop with exporters offering disordered prices.

In the third ten-day of July, Chinese silicon metal market differed with 553# price dropping while chemical grade silicon slightly rising. The capability utilization of the factories was unchanged and spot materials were still difficult to inqury. Orders were ...

In mid July 2014 Si metal remained steady in China and most grades of Si enjoyed firm prices. As demand for Si metal kept strong from June 2014 to early July in China, Si metal producers were faced with tight supply over demand. In mid July 2014, some produce...

Si metal of low grades was seen with slight declining prices in early July 2014 in China, but Si metal of high grades enjoyed firm prices. Producers kept normal production and tight supply situation got improved.

The top five Silicon metal exporters in the world include China, Norway, Brazil, Thailand and Holland. China, as the largest exporter, shipped more than 700 thousands tons in 2013...