Silicon Carbide Market Report December 2014
2015-01-13 13:52:09 【Print】
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Content
Abstract 3
1. Financial news 3
1.1 Domestic financial overview 3
1.1.1 CPI up by 1.4% and PPI down by 2.7% YOY in November 3
1.1.2 PMI down by 0.2% in December 4
1.2 International financial overview 5
1.2.1 Crude oil futures prices continued to slide 5
1.2.2 The US dollar remained strong in December 6
2 Company news 7
2.1 Chenguang Silicon Carbide halts black silicon carbide production in early December 7
2.2 Dingxin Special Material plans to suspend green silicon carbide production early next year 7
2.3 Langang Abrasive black silicon carbide output reduces 200t in December 7
2.4 Yongxing Mining reduces its magnesia output by 500t in December 7
2.5 Jinyu Silicon increases black silicon carbide output by 400t early December 7
2.6 Ordos Dongxiang black silicon carbide stocks increase by 1,000t in December 8
3 Chinese domestic market review 8
3.1 Black silicon carbide market 8
3.1.1 Slight decrease in price of Chinese grade-one black silicon carbide 8
3.1.2 No movement on grade-two black silicon carbide market 9
3.2 Green silicon carbide prices decline slightly 9
4 International market review 10
4.1 European black silicon carbide market quiet 10
4.2 Export market 11
4.2.1 Few orders concludes on the grade-one black silicon carbide export market 11
4.2.2 Fierce competition on the grade-two black silicon carbide export market 12
4.2.3 Weak demand for green silicon carbide on the export market 13
5 Export data analysis 14
5.1 Chinese silicon carbide exports go up by 2.85% MOM in November 14
5.2 Top ten Chinese silicon carbide exporters in November 16
5.3 Chinese silicon carbide export data in November 16
6 Related Industry developments 24
6.1 US rules Chinese mainland and Taiwanese PV products of dumping and benefiting from government subsidies 24
6.2 JA Solar signed investment agreement for a 100 mw photovoltaic power station with Laiwu 24
6.3 Wugang Refractory marches towards new material field 25
7 Outlook for January 25
7.1 Chinese grade-one black silicon carbide market unlikely to recover 25
7.2 Chinese grade-two black silicon carbide prices struggling to increase 25
7.3 Chinese green silicon carbide producers might restrict outputs 25
Picture 1 China’s CPI and PPI YOY trend in 2014 4
Picture 2 China’s PMI in 2014 5
Picture 3 US crude oil futures price trend on major transaction market in December 6
Picture 4 US dollar index trend 6
Picture 5 Black silicon carbide 98%min F16-100 price movement on the Chinese domestic market in December 8
Picture 6 Green silicon carbide 98.5%min JIS1500 price movement on the Chinese domestic market in December 9
Picture 7 Black silicon carbide 92%min, 0-15mm price movement on the European market in December 11
Picture 8 Black silicon carbide 98%min, F16-10 price movement on the European market in December 11
Picture 9 Black silicon carbide 98%min F16-100 price movement on the export market in December 12
Picture 10 Black silicon carbide 88%min, 0-10mm price movement on the export market in December 13
Picture 11 Green silicon carbide 98.5%min JIS1500 price movement on the export market in December 14
Picture 12 Chinese silicon carbide exports 15
Picture 13 Chinese silicon carbide exports by major destination 15
Table 1 Top ten Chinese silicon carbide exporters in November 16
Table 2 Chinese silicon carbide exporters in November 16
