“We are sold out through July and August and we have sold about 600 tonnes for shipment in the fourth quarter,” one European ferro-silicon producer said.

A Japanese ferro-silicon import price assessment will serve as an additional indicator to provide the market with a more comprehensive picture of the ferro-silicon market in Asia.

There has been reduced domestic production in Europe since Ferroglobe idled its production in late 2019, with only a small amount of output having been brought back onstream since then, sources said.

Most manufacturers in Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai are out of stock.

Effected by the pandemic, OM paused the production of ferro-alloys in Malaysia.

China exported 1918.11 tons of ferrosilicon (≤55%) in April 2021.

China's export of ferrosilicon (>55%) by country from January to April 2021.

China exports 46356.934 tons of ferrosilicon (>55%) in April 2021.