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Home / Metal News / Operating rate at Chinese silicon metal producers inches up in Jul

Operating rate at Chinese silicon metal producers inches up in Jul

Aug 13, 2018 11:51

Source:SMM

Operating rate across Chinese silicon metal producers was higher month-on-month, but lower year-on-year

SHANGHAI, Aug 13 (SMM) – Average operating rate across Chinese silicon metal producers stood at 49.4% in July, SMM data showed.

This was up 2.3 percentage points from June but 0.1 percentage point lower than July last year.

For the same month, silicon metal output across the country came in at 256,200 mt, up 5.5% month on month and 3.4% year on year. This brought total output during January-July to 1.49 million mt, up 19.3% from the same period last year.

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Operating rates across primary lead smelters in Henan, Hunan and Yunnan provinces lost 1.35 percentage points from the previous week to 59.4% in the week ended July 30, showed an SMM survey.

Jul 30, 2021 18:10

Analysis

Operating Rates of Primary Lead Smelters Down 1.35 Percentage Points on Week

Silicon Social Inventories Up 2,000 mt on Week

Social inventories of silicon metal across Huangpu port, Kunming city and Tianjin port expanded 2,000 mt from the previous week to 42,000 mt as of Friday July 30.

Jul 30, 2021 14:10

Analysis

Silicon Social Inventories Up 2,000 mt on Week

Operating rates of secondary lead smelters surged 7.15 percentage points on week

Operating rates across licensed smelters of secondary lead in Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan and Guizhou averaged 57.49% in the week ended July 9, up 7.15 percentage points from the previous week, showed an SMM survey.

Jul 9, 2021 17:24

Analysis

Operating rates of secondary lead smelters surged 7.15 percentage points on week

Exclusive: China's silicon metal output stood at 189,000 mt in May

SMM data showed that China's silicon metal output stood at 189,000 mt in May, down 4.2% from the previous month.

Jun 8, 2021 09:58

Analysis

Exclusive: China's silicon metal output stood at 189,000 mt in May

Exclusive: China's silicon metal output stood at 197,000 mt in April

SMM data showed that China's silicon metal output stood at 197,000 mt in April, down 2.4% or 5,000 mt from the previous month.

May 10, 2021 10:41

Analysis

Exclusive: China's silicon metal output stood at 197,000 mt in April

Operating rates at lead-acid battery makers unchanged at 74.43%

Operating rates across lead-acid battery producers in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei and Hebei provinces averaged 74.43% in the week ended December 18, unchanged week on week.

Dec 18, 2020 16:41

Analysis

Operating rates at lead-acid battery makers unchanged at 74.43%

Silicon prices rose sharply due to stockpiling and recovered demand

Silicon prices rose sharply after the National Day holidays, the metallurgical grade low-grade specifications rose about 1,000 yuan in less than one month, and the metallurgical grade high-grade silicon and chemical grade silicon also increased about 400-600 yuan/mt.

Nov 13, 2020 10:46

SMM Comments

Silicon prices rose sharply due to stockpiling and recovered demand

Silicon social inventories shrank to 71,000 mt this week

Social inventories of silicon metal across Huangpu port, Kunming city and Tianjin port shrank 1,000 mt from the previous week to 71,000 mt as of Friday November 6.

Nov 6, 2020 17:03

Analysis

Silicon social inventories shrank to 71,000 mt this week

Silicon plants in Yunnan shut down capacity due to power station maintenance

Four silicon plants in Nujiang of Yunnan province, one of China’s major silicon production areas, nearly halved its capacity in operation on April 23, as power supply was disrupted amid maintenance of local power stations.

Apr 23, 2020 15:32

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Silicon plants in Yunnan shut down capacity due to power station maintenance

Secondary lead smelters operating rates steady on limited scrap supply

Operating rates across licensed smelters of secondary lead in Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan and Guizhou halted their increase and held flat at 49.6% in the week ended April 17, showed an SMM survey, as limited availability of raw material scrap deterred smelters purchases.

Apr 17, 2020 15:34

Analysis

Secondary lead smelters operating rates steady on limited scrap supply

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