[Ferro-Alloys.com]

After the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, the policy of energy consumption control continued to be upgraded. Production was cut off in Fugu, Shaanxi and Zhongwei, Ningxia. On September 22 and 23, ferrosilicon futures 2201 contract rose by the daily trading limit, reaching another record high! The spot price immediately rose sharply by 5000 yuan per ton, 75# ferrosilicon price broke 21000 yuan per ton, 72# ferrosilicon price was mostly about 17000-18000 yuan per ton, the market was slightly chaotic, and most manufacturers were reluctant to offer, and there was a strong wait-and-see mood.

On September 24, the futures market fell slightly and consolidated. The weekly opening price of 2201 main contract of ferrosilicon futures this week was 13048, the highest price was 15980, the lowest price was 12806, the closing price was 14190, the settlement price was 14236, the trading volume was 1216721, and the position was 115578, an increase of 17.47%.

At the same time, due to the  tight supply and difficult procurement, the price of upstream raw material semi-coke also rose sharply (market news: there was transaction of small-size materials at a price of 3500 yuan per ton).

As the main produce area of metal magnesium, the shutdown in Fugu directly led to the further reduction of metal magnesium supply. With the support of downstream demand, the domestic magnesium price broke through 70000 yuan per ton this week! Although there was a slight decline and consolidation later, it is difficult for the magnesium price to decrease significantly in the short term while when Fugu factories would resume production was not clear at present.

In terms of steel bidding, the ferrosilicon 75B bidding of HBIS Group in October was 3126 tons, an increase of 391 tons compared with September. Although many steel mills stopped production or reduced production strictly, and the crude steel output decreased significantly, in the case of high steel price right now, the ferrosilicon may still run strongly in the short term. After the steel bidding tone determined, the market direction may be clear, and the transaction would also improve.

• [Editor:kangmingfei]