The 2009 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5816 yuan per ton on May 11.

YDD started cold commissioning three furnaces at its new Karaganda ferro-silicon operation in Kazakhstan at the end of 2018.

The ferrosilicon market has been running smoothly, with little change in price before the holiday.

China's benchmark power coal price dropped slightly during the past week.

China's logistics prosperity index hit 53.6 percent in April, up 2.1 percentage points from the previous month.

The 2009 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5846 yuan per ton on May 8.

In late April, the social inventory of 5 varieties of steel in 20 cities was 16.24 million tons.

The 2009 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5796 yuan per ton on May 7.