Silicon Carbide Market Report December 2015

Abstract

1 International marketreview. 2

1.1 Chinese siliconcarbide export market review. 2

1.2 European siliconcarbide export market review. 2

1.3 American siliconcarbide export market review. 2

2. Chinese market review. 3

2.1 Chinese black siliconcarbide demand remains weak in December. 3

2.2 Green silicon carbideprices rebound in December. 3

3. Silicon carbide monthlyoutput statistics. 4

3.1 Black silicon carbideoutputs from Chinese smelters up by 2.5% MOM in December  4

3.2 Green silicon carbideoutputs from Chinese smelters down by 2% MOM in December  4

4. Silicon carbide export data in China. 5

4.1 Chinese siliconcarbide exports increase by 46.Asian Metal Copyright2 Green silicon carbideprices rebound in December.Asian Metal Copyright6% MOM in November. 5

4.2 Chinese silicon carbideexport data in November. 5

5 Company news. 9

5.1 Binhe Silicon CarbideProduct produces about 80,000t of black silicon carbide in 2015   9

5.2 Danfeng Abrasive’green silicon carbide production up by 9% in December. 9

5.3 Dongxiang producesabout 43,000t of black silicon carbide in 2015. 9

6 Related Industry developments. 9

7 Outlook for September. 10

Picture 1Black silicon carbide 88%min, 0-10mm price movement on the export market(USD/t)      2

Picture 2 Black silicon carbide 88%min, 0-10mm price movementon the European market (EUR/t) 2

Picture 3 Black silicon carbide 88%min, 0-10mm price movementon the American market (USD/t) 3

Picture 4 Black silicon carbide 88%min 0-10mm price movementon the Chinese domestic market (RMB/t)             3

Picture 5 Black silicon carbide 98%minF16-100 price movement on the Chinese domestic market (RMB/t)             3

Picture 6 Green silicon carbide 98.5%minJIS1500 price movement on Chinese market (RMB/t)      4

Picture 7China's black silicon carbide output statistics by month. 4

Picture 8 China's green siliconcarbide output statistics by month. 4

Picture 9China's silicon carbide export volume statistics by month. 5

Picture 10China's silicon carbide export volume statistics by major country by month           5

Table 1Chinese silicon carbide exports in November. 5