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Home / Metal News / Tight low-quality silicon supplies hold back producers from selling

Tight low-quality silicon supplies hold back producers from selling

Feb 20, 2019 15:05

Source:SMM

Silicon #553 which has undertaken oxygen refining traded at 11,500-11,600 yuan/mt at Tianjin port

SHANGHAI, Feb 20 (SMM) – Some silicon producers held back from selling low-quality cargoes on Wednesday as raw material issues lowered output of silicon #500 series that undertook oxygen refining at some northern plants.

If the issue continues, producers are likely to raise their offers.

Prices of silicon metal across Chinese markets remained steady today. Silicon #553 which has undertaken oxygen refining traded at 11,500-11,600 yuan/mt at Tianjin port, an SMM survey showed.

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Analysis

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Analysis

Silicon social inventories shrank 7,000 mt on week

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Analysis

Silicon social inventories shrank 4,000 mt to 63,000 mt

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SMM Comments

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Analysis

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