SHANGHAI, May 31 (SMM) -- A recent SMM survey of 120 silicon metal producers (total capacity: 1.8276 million mt/yr) revealed operating rates at silicon metal producers were only 35.58% in April.

Survey of Operating Rates at Silicon Metal Producers in April
Silicon Metal Producing Region	Producers		Results
Silicon Metal Producing Region	Number of Samples	Capacity (10kt)	Operating Rate in April	Current Electricity Price (May 20^th )
Fujian Province	16	15.27	59.17%	0.37-0.55 (RMB/kwh)
Hunan Province	16	11.10	75.24%	0.3-0.56 (RMB/kwh)
Sichuan Province	16	22.45	31.40%	0.2-0.42 (RMB/kwh)
Yunnan Province	29	56.66	15.35%	0.3-0.55 (RMB/kwh)
Guizhou Province	31	50.50	23.12%	0.56 (RMB/kwh)
Heilongjiang Province	8	18.68	82.81%	0.3-0.5 (RMB/kwh)）
Jilin Province	8	8.10	58.52%	0.4-0.6 (RMB/kwh)
Source: SMM

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