[Expressed by www.ferro-alloys.cn]

It is learned that from this week, numerous cored wire manufacturers in Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong and Shaanxi have been on holiday in succession. The employees having been working hard on their posts for one year have been on the way home happily and get ready to spend the Spring Festival with their families.

The cored wire market is still calm with no fluctuation in prices of various products and raw materials. At present, Calcium silicon cored wire (Ca28Si55∮13mm) is 10,500 to 11,500 yuan per ton. Calcium silicon cored wire (Ca30Si58) is 11,800 to 12,300 yuan per ton. Solid pure calcium cored wire (Ca98%min∮9mm) is 10,500 to 11,000 yuan per ton. Ferro calcium cored wire (Ca30∮13mm) is 8,300 to 8,800 yuan per ton. Ferro calcium cored wire (Ca30∮30mm) is 10,000 to 10,500 yuan per ton. Carbon cored wire (C98%∮13mm) is 6,500 to 7,000 yuan per ton. Silicon magnesium cored wire (Si40Mg28Re2∮13mm) is 11,500 to 12,500 yuan per ton. Ferro titanium cored wire (Ti30%min∮13mm) is 11,000 to 11,100 yuan per ton. Nodulizer cored wire is 11,500 to 11,800 yuan per ton. Metal crude calcium is 15,100-15,300 yuan per ton. Seamless metal calcium wire (Ca98%min∮9mm) is 10,000-11,000 yuan per ton. Seamless metal calcium wire (Ca98%min∮10mm) is 15,000-16,000 per ton. The cold rolled strip steel 0.35*55 Q195 is 4,300 yuan per ton, SPCC0.35-0.39*55 is 4,450 yuan per ton, SPCC0.4-0.49*55 is 4,400 yuan per ton and SPCC 0.35-0.45mm is 4,500 yuan per ton. Ferroboron FeB19C0.1 is 20,000 to 22,000 yuan per ton, FeB18C0.5 is 18,000 to 18,200 yuan per ton, FeB17C0.5 is 17,500 to 17,800 yuan per tonc and FeB16C0.5 is 16,500 to 17,000 yuan per ton. Silicon calcium Ca28 (natural block) is 12,000 to 12,200 yuan per ton, Ca30 (natural block) is 11,800 to 12,200 yuan per ton, Ca30 (granule size 0-3mm) is 11,400 to 11,800 yuan per ton.

The export transaction price of calcium silicon cored wire (ca30si60∮13mm) is 1,550 to 1,630 US dollars per ton. Calcium silicon cored wire (ca28si55∮13mm) is 1,530 to 1,610 US dollars per ton. Bite type solid core pure calcium core wire (ca98%min∮9mm) is 1,670 to 1,750 US dollars per ton. Pure calcium cored wire (Ca30 ∮13mm) is 1,350 to 1,400 US dollars per ton. There is no adjustment comparing with the last month (FOB price, Tianjin Port).

Because the recent rate of operation is not so low as we anticipated, the shortage of raw materials will not so severe and there will be no large fluctuation in the later market after the Spring Festival holiday.

• [Editor:张德众]