Nearly all of the Indian imported calcium silicon is sourced from China. In July, 2015, the imported price of calcium silicon price maintained stable at USD1750-1770/mt CIF. However, there were some transactions at USD1,660-1,680/mt CIF.

Nearly all of Indian imported SILICON BARIUM is sourced from China. In the beginning of August, the ferro silicon barium inoculant (size 2-6mm, 90% min) was USD1530-1540/mt compared to USD1530-1550/mt in the beginning of July and USD1520-1530/mt in the beginni...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chinese FeV was offered at RMB61,000-62,000/mt by acceptance. Steel mill’s tenders ended, but the transactions got worse. The transaction price was confirmed to drop to RMB57,000/mt by acceptance.

At the backdrop of steel output cut, the market of steel-used cored wires remained sluggish. Market of nodulizer cored wires underperformed as Chinese economy entered “new normal” phase which features low growth.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Japan total exports of silicon metal 763167kg from January to June, up by 30.81 % Y-O-Y, Japan exported 220900kg in June, up by 51.93% Y-O-Y, Japan's major export countries were Poland, China Taiwan and Italy, these countries have increased ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]European silicon manganese prices were heard lower as oversupply saw aggressive offers into tenders, sources said.

Silicon Metal = In the Chinese domestic market, the price of low-grade products as a whole is down by CNY400 - CNY900 per ton from the end of June. This is because, in addition to the price being down by decreased production cost owing to a full-scale applicat...

First Quantum, which primarily mines copper, but also nickel and gold, is trying to alleviate the impact of a 24 percent reduction in power supply in Zambia.