In June Russia exported 26.8 thousand tons of ferrosilicon, up by 1% MoM, but down by 47.2% YoY. Deliveries to Japan grew 1.5-fold, to 12.1 thousand tons, but to the Netherlands dropped by 39%, to 4.9 thousand tons, and to Korea – by 3%, to 2.4 thousand tons. In H1 ferrosilicon exports totaled 187 thousand…
In May Russia exported 26.6 thousand tons of ferrosilicon, down by 23.2% MoM and by 23.7% YoY. Deliveries to Japan dropped by a third, to 30%, and to Korea – almost 3-fold, to 2.5 thousand tons. The Netherlands increased purchases of the Russian ferrosilicon by 18%, to 8 thousand tons. In January-May Russia exported 160…
The European Commission has started an antidumping investigation as to deliveries of Ukrainian and Egyptian ferrosilicon to the territory of the European Union. The investigation was started at the request of Euroalliages and would inspect ferrosilicon produced in Egypt and Ukraine and supplied to the EU from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017. The…
In 2016 Russia produced 941 thousand tons of ferrosilicon, down by 11% YoY. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, in December 2016 ferrosilicon output totaled 95.4 thousand tons, up by 15.7% YoY and by 144.9% MoM. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2016 Bratsk Ferroalloys Works, a part of Mechel, produced 31 thousand tons of FS-75 ferrosilicon, up by 27% YoY. The output growth has to do with the price and demand increase on world markets. Most of the products are exported to Japan, USA and Canada to be used in metal manufacture. In 2016 BZF…
In January-September Bratsk Ferroalloys Works (a part of Mechel) produced over 23 thousand tons of FS-75 ferrosilicon, up by 80% YoY. This ferrosilicon is used in the production of electric steels, as well as springs, construction and car parts. The increase was the result of the improvement of the world market situation. The company exports…
A Zaporozhye private company tried to export over 200 tons of ferrosilicon valued at 360 thousand UAH to Moldova. Export duty for this alloy is 0%.
In January-June 2015 Ukrainian companies produced 474.8 thousand tons of ferroalloys, down by 11.2% YoY.