Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. (YGE) led a weekly decline among the most-traded Chinese solar manufacturers in New York on concern their profits will be hurt as the U.S. seeks to curb imports.

Chinese calcium silicon market kept stable in August. Meanwhile, the calcium silicon export market in China was still depressed with widened price gap.

In July, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China released the first batch of outdated capacity, which should be closed before end of September and removed before end of this year.

S. Korea’s Other Unlisted Ferroalloy Import Up Y-O-Y in June 2014

According to statistic of Korea Customs, the import volume of other ferroalloy in May was 1614 tons, down by 34.8% M-O-M while down by 22.4% Y-O-Y. The imported materials were mainly sourced from China （1447 tons）.

According to statistic of Korea Customs, the import volume of other ferroalloy in May was 1,343 tons, down by 16.8% Y-O-Y. The imported materials were mainly sourced from China （1238 tons）. Meanwhile, the export volume was 53 tons.

On July 28th, Qinghai Baitong High Purity Materials Development Co.,ltd started its 30000KVA calcium silicon furnace, which indicated the company has entered into a new stage in development and application of new technology. The planned annual capability of th...

According to the statistics of US International Trade Commission, American other unlisted ferroalloy export volume was 675 mt in May 2014, up by 6.3% M-O-M and up by 47.4% Y-O-Y. The total export volume in Jan-May 2014 was 3547 mt, up by 32.6% Y-O-Y.