As last week April mainstream purchase price of FeSi72# was determined at RMB.../mt(USD.../mt,export duty not included),delivered tax-inclusive price by acceptance, down by RMB.../mt(USD32-48/mt) from March purchase price

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Back in January, Rare Earth Investing News questioned5 whether prices for rare earth elements (REEs) will increase in 2014. While no large-scale turnaround has yet emerged, this week brought reports that REE prices may be poised to rise, at ...

In the middle of April, calcium silicon market held steady on the whole. Part mills climbed up CaSi quotations by small ranges. Ex-work price of CaSi30# was quoted at RMB11,600-11,800/mt (USD1,902-1,934, export tariff excluded) and 28# was RMB11,300-11,500/mt ...

[Ferro-alloys.com] At present export market of Chinese ferrosilicon remained depressed. Although Chinese ferrosilicon dealers had some foreign inquiries, their offers were generally rejected by foreign buyers. This was mainly that smuggled Chinese ferrosilicon...

[Ferro-alloys.com] Generally FeSi market kept stable in China at present, but some ferrosilicon producers planned to raise their quotations. As Ferro-alloys.com editors learned, recently one large Inner Mongolian producer had problem with electricity supply...

Chinese ferrosilicon market kept silent in mid-April with domestic ex-work price stable despite of some producers decreasing the offers slightly for inactive transactions.

In recent time, silicon metal prices trend to be stable in China. As some mills began to restart furnaces in southern areas, the tight supply of Si products may relieve in a short time. And there is less possibility for Si price to climb up in future.

According to latest statistics of South Korea Customs Service, South Korea imported 22,499 mt of ferrosilicon, up by 53.2% from February of 2014(14,686 mt) and up 12.9% from March of 2013(19,933 mt).