The silicon market was on a stable and rising trend in June. A fire broke out in a workshop of an organic silicon factory in Xinjiang on June 8. Market transactions were active in the fear of a reduction in silicon metal production.

Social inventories of silicon metal across Huangpu port, Kunming city and Tianjin port shrank 2,000 mt from the previous week to 25,000 mt as of Friday June 11.

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.

The recent torrential rains across Sichuan and areas such as Leshan, Aba and Ya’an has caused a negative impact on the production of silicon mills and polysilicon mills.

Social inventories of silicon metal in China were barely changed this week, with SMM data showing that stocks across Huangpu port, Kunming city and Tianjin port stood at 46,000 mt as of Friday July 3, flat from the level seen on June 24, the last trading day before the Dragon Boat Festival.

China imported 9.54 million mt of bauxite in May, down 3.98% from the previous month but up 3.57% from the same month of 2019, according to China customs data under HS code 26060000.

China’s exports of silicon metal decreased in April following after foreign buyers stockpiled aggressively to replenish their stocks a month ago.

Last year, the Republic of Guinea, Australia, and Indonesia remained the top three bauxite exporters to China, with their combined volume accounting for over 94% of the China’s total bauxite imports

China imported 4.32 million mt of nickel ore and concentrate last month, down 27.91% from November