Mr Qi reported world ferrosilicon capacity at approximately 10 million tons and 7.5 million tons in China. Ranked by capacity, China,Russia,Ukraine,Norway and Brazil take the top five places.

Recently, National Assessment Group of Outdated Industrial Capacities Elimination visited Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

In the middle of May, silicon metal products were still in tight supply in China. Most Si plants kept producing based on the contract orders.

According to the data from USITC (United States International Trade Commission), silicon metal import volume was ***mt in March

Ferrosilicon furnaces of 12,500KVA and 20,000KVA suffered, which involved 13 sets and 136,000 mt.

This week, Si products were still in tight supply on spot market. Most orders kept producing based on the orders and there were few inventories to buy.

CaSi transaction had less change on spot market. Most orders were from old clients and there were few new orders to get. In terms of production,

US Imports of Chinese FeSi Soared in March of 2014