In Industrial Economics, market concentration includes buyer concentration and seller concentration. In cored wire industry, both concentrations are quite low.

As downstream demand was weak, operation was bad. Many medium and small sized factories stopped production. Overall operation rate was about 25% at present. Meanwhile, foundry cored wire manufacturers were running better than steel cored wire manufacturers.

Spot supply of calcium metal was still in shortage and market price continued to rise in China.

According to the investigation of www.ferro-alloys.com, seamless calcium cored wire had been promoted in market for some time in China,

Cored wire market price was still stable in China last week. In Henan province, ex-work price of Ca98%min∮9㎜ pure calcium wire stayed around RMB 12200/mt (USD 2033/mt) .

According to the investigation of www.ferro-alloys.com, cold-rolled strip steel price decreased in China recently. In Hebei and Shandong province,

Cored wire market price was still stable in China last week. In Henan province, ex-work price of Ca98%min∮9㎜ pure calcium wire stayed around RMB 12200/mt (USD 2033/mt) .

Many calcium metal manufacturers in China stopped production since 2014. Spot shortage became obvious since March and market price climbed gradually.