Exports of silicon metal rebound in May

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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. 

Operating rates at Chinese silicon metal producers averaged 40.2% last month, down 5 percentage points from Oct

This came after two consecutive months of declines

The rate rose 1.7 percentage points from Sep to 46.9%, with production at 243,000 mt

China exported 197,100 mt of aluminium sheet, plate and strip in Sep