Silicon Buyers Show Divergent Purchase Interest, and Nanjing Steel Decides Purchase Price, SMM Reports

Published: Jul 20, 2017 14:12

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Silicon plants gave stable offers on Thursday, while traded prices of all grades increased in China’s market, and silicon buyers were divergent on purchases.

SHANGHAI, Jul. 20 (SMM) – Silicon plants gave stable offers on Thursday, while traded prices of all grades increased in China’s market.

Some traders, which finished delivering July’s orders, purchased goods for August’s orders ahead of schedule in anticipation of higher price.

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Some downstream producers, buying goods based on market condition, built stocks gradually with rising prices, while others were wary of silicon purchases, facing sluggish sales and operating rate in August.

In other news, Nanjing Steel Group has decided price to factory of Si-Mg alloy at 7,260 yuan per tonne by acceptance in July, with a total of 10,000 tonnes, which was 570 yuan per tonne higher than bidding price.

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