Silicone

This week, the price of DMC stopped falling and rose. More silicone monomer producers overhauled their plants. The downstream terminal customers raised the enthusiasm for enquiry and purchasing. The price of silicon metal was temporarily stable. The price of methyl chloride rose and that of methanol went up slightly. The production cost of DMC grew due to the rising price of raw materials. The prices of OH polymer and gum stabilized generally while those of silicone fluid and HCR dropped. As the silicone monomer producers further increased production reduction, the silicone price is expected to steadily rise in the short term.      

Fumed silica

This week, the domestic fumed silica market was stable. Although the enterprises in China offered steady prices, the actual transaction price of fumed silica fell. In terms of the raw materials, the price of silicon tetrachloride (STC) consolidated, and that of monomethyltrichlorosilane (MTCS) rose to a small extent owing to the less supply caused by the overhaul of more silicone monomers plants. The downstream customers bought fumed silica based on their needs, with no improvement in market trading volume. Some fumed silica enterprises shut down for maintenance to decrease the supply, but it was still difficult to ease the oversupply. The enterprises had pressure of inventory. The fumed silica market is expected to be adjusted. 

Silicon metal

The overall price of domestic silicon metal remained stable this week. On the supply: As the Chengdu Universiade will be the end, the plants in Sichuan province that shut down during the Universiade will resume production. At the same time, the producers in Yunnan province have basically completed production resumption. On the demand, the DMC price was still low and silicone monomer plants faced losses, some of which had to lower their operating rates. The polysilicon enterprises lowered the operating rate due to the power shortage or technical transformation. The aluminium alloy industry enters the traditional off-season,  purchasing silicon metal on rigid demand. The silicon metal price will vibrate slightly.

Polysilicon

This week, the polysilicon price kept rising, the reasons are as follows. For one thing, the overall inventory of polysilicon decreased, and the remaining inventory was within a reasonable range; for another, the supply of polysilicon was insufficient in the short term as individual enterprises had unplanned overhaul of devices in recent days. Besides, the production in two local enterprises was affected to some extent by the power supply during the Universiade held in Chengdu. Moreover, as the batteries and silicon wafers producers operated at a full capacity, the terminal markets presented improving demand for polysilicon. In a word, the above factors drove the price of polysilicon to go up in the short term.