Tight supply of silicon metal products did not relieve last week. Considering the high power cost in dry season, some Si manufacturers had to delay the reworking plan in advance.

Mg price continued to be slightly fluctuating this week, with mainstream Shaanxi Mg99.90% price remaining RMB14,300-14,500/mt(USD2,300-2,333/mt), non-pickling ex-work tax-inclusive price in cash. While magnesium ingot of the same brand dropped by around RMB10...

Last week Shasteel, HBIS, TISCO and NISCO released their purchase prices or enquiry prices, all down RMB200-250/mt (USD32-40/mt) to delivered tax-inclusive price RMB5,900/mt(USD949/mt, export duty not included) by acceptance from March of 2014. Increased volum...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Nickel prices have surged nearly seven per cent in the past month with fears over supplies from Russia adding to Indonesian curbs on shipments of unprocessed ores.

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Tight supply of silicon metal was still last not only in northern areas but also in southern areas. As for northern areas, there were no inventories to supply in Xinjiang and products kept producing based on long orders.

Most orders were from old clients and the demand volume had less change. As a result, CaSi transactions kept stable on spot market. Meanwhile,

Since the early of Mar., the low carbon ferrochrome and its raw material-siliconchrome price in Chinese market basically kept stable.