The downstream PVC market fell slightly, and the demand for calcium carbide weakened.

2014 Elimination Progress of Wuhai Outdated Industrial Capacities

According to statistic of Japan Customs, Japan imported 173.4 tons of calcium carbide, down by 28.4% M-O-M and down by 33.1% Y-O-Y. The materials were mainly imported from China with import volume at 132 tons.

According to the statistic, Chinese calcium carbide production was 2.116 million tons in September 2014, slightly down by 0.61% M-O-M and up by 4.4% Y-O-Y. In Jan-Sep, 2014, total production was 18.416 million tons, up by 10.8% Y-O-Y.

At present, Chinese calcium silicon market demand has improved slightly, however, it hasn’t been reflected by the price. As the profit of PVC producers was limited, they didn’t want to purchase at a higher price.

In end August, the imported price of calcium carbide in India was as follows, price of materials imported from China was at USD670-680/mt CIF, but some of the offers were lower at USD640-650/mt. Meanwhile, the imported prices from South Africa and Indonesia we...

According to statistic of Japan Customs, Japan imported 202.9 tons of calcium carbide, up by 21.1% Y-O-Y. The materials were mainly imported from China with import volume at 132 tons.

In End August, Chinese calcium carbide market kept stable with capability utilization rate at about 70%, which slightly rose up compared with that in July. The raw materials market ran stable and didn’t sustain the production cost. Meanwhile, the demand from ...