According to statistics of China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, output of primary magnesium reached 489.5 thousand tons in the first seven months of 2014 in China, slight increase of 1.96%.

Si metal price increased in late August in India.

Metallurgical Si metal prices began to increase in the last week in August in China. And Chemical si metal prices remained firm. More orders made some factories turn prices up.

In late August, calcium silicon market in China was stable with inactive transactions. Now the prices were the lowest since 2009.

In late August, calcium silicon market in China was depressed. Most factories gave lower prices.

Japan Imports of FeSi Hit New High in June 2014

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

Over the same period, Cr ores stock at Chinese main ports constantly recorded low. At the end of July, the total stock had decreased to 2.1million tons, decreasing by 22.2% than that of early Jan..