In mid and late September, steel mills including HBIS and Shagang Group launched bids for ferrosilicon for October delivery in China. In terms of purchase volumes, flatness or slight decrease was the basic tone. Ferrosilicon producers kept normal operation in ...
In mid September, ferrosilicon producers had normal operation in China, with some furnaces newly into operation in China’s Ningxia Hui region. Most producers said they had few or none spot materials, except that a small number of larger enterprises had some s...
Although quite a few large steel mills had slightly raised their purchase prices of ferrosilicon for September delivery, the ferrosilicon producers were cautious about their offers. The waste heat power generation projects were in hot construction among the fe...
In July, 2014, Russian ferrosilicon production from the six producers was 55200 tons. In Jan-July, the total ferrosilicon production was 476.7 thousand tons, up by 23.5% Y-O-Y. Production from Chemk and Mechel Group decreased by over 10% through Jan-July.
With Shaogang Group being the first steel mill to launch bids for August ferrosilicon in China, this week much focused Shagang Group and HBIS both released August purchase plans for ferroalloys including ferrosilicon. Shagang Group would purchase a total of 5,...