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

Social inventories of silicon metal across Huangpu port, Kunming city and Tianjin port declined 4,000 mt from the previous week to 32,000 mt as of Friday May 28, SMM data showed. Stocks fell sharply in Kunming due to power consumption restrictions in Yunnan, but were stable at Tianjin port. 

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.

Operating rates across Chinese silicon metal producers fell 4.5 percentage points on the month, but up 22% on the year to 49.5% in February, showed an SMM survey.

Phase-one 400,000 mt/year of capacity is slated to commission at end 2021

In Jan-Oct, 1.14 million mt of copper was imported to China in the form of copper scrap, up 7.31% YoY

China exported 51,300 mt of silicon metal in Oct

China’s imports of unwrought, non-alloyed nickel dropped 53% from a month ago to 13,300 mt in Sep

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

China imported 150,000 mt of copper scrap in Sep, up 50% from Aug but down 21.2% from Sep 2018