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International economic situations have been harsh since H2, 2011, greatly affecting major downstream industries of silicon metal, especially the organosilicon and polysilicon industries which have not recovered yet. 2012 was a tumultuous year for Chinese silicon metal market as the price plunged combined with large scale of production halt as a result of decreased domestic and international demand. As the biggest silicon metal supplier in the world, Chinese silicon metal export volume shrank sharply due to the reduced demand from overseas market. European debt crisis further impacted demand and then the price in Europe. The price did not stabilize and rebound until a shortage in supply caused by production reduction in Brazil due to energy cost and in Europe by the end of 2012.

2012 was a tough year for Chinese polysilicon enterprises, which gradually cut or even ceased operation with an operating rate of below 10%. However, there was still a surplus in supply with imported polysilicon of lower price impacting domestic market. The industry is transforming from “extravagant profits era” to “low profit era”, which is a lengthy and tough process. Chinese solar market teetered due to “Anti-dumping” and “Anti-subsidy” investigation launched first by the US, then the EU and India as the market is restricted with both ends of the production process in the world market. Could new policies released by the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” save the Chinese polysilicon market?

How could Chinese silicon metal industry to solve the contradiction between increased production capacity and reduced demand on the background of complex economic situations both at home and abroad? Would organosilicon output keep aggrandizing? Would its consumption of silicon metal increases? How could Chinese polysilicon enterprises get out of the trouble when their downstream products are resisted by international “Double-anti” policies in a struggling global photovoltaic market? When will silicon industry greet the turning point?

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May 23rd  Thursday
16:00-19:00	Early Registration
18:00-20:00	Welcome Dinner
May 24th  Friday
08:30	Sessions Registration
08:50-09:00	Opening Speech
09:00-10:00	Chinese Economy Policies Under New Chinese Leadership
	Liqun Zhang, Director of Marco-economy Research Department
	Chinese State Council Development & Research Center
10:00-10:30	Status of Silicon Metal Industry in Yunnan
	Eric Duan, Assistant of GM
	Yunnan Yongchang Silicon Industry Co., Ltd.
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-11:30	Dow Corning Silicone Business Development in Greater China
	Mike Searcy, Global Silicon & Methanol Product Line Manager
	Dow Corning
11:30-12:00	New development Pattern of Silicon Metal Industry
	Hong Xie, President
	Yunnan Guichu Logistics Co., Ltd.
12:00-13:30	Lunch
14:00-14:30	Inspection Issues and Solutions in Silicon Metal Trade
	Adolf Xu, Project Manager
	SGS-CSTC

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How could Chinese silicon metal industry solve the contradiction between increased production capacity and reduced demand on the background of complex economic situation both at home and abroad?

2012 was a tumultuous year for Chinese silicon metal market due to decrease of demand both from home and abroad. Some Chinese silicon metal smelters with high cost ceased production in large scales as prices dipped all the way from March to October. After late October, South China stepped into the level period and dry season and domestic price gradually rebounded as a result of decreasing operating rate caused by higher electricity price. However, the market price still lagged behind the price level year-on-year. How could Chinese silicon metal industry solve the contradiction between increased production capacity and reduced demand on the background of complex economic situation both at home and abroad?

How will Chinese silicon metal production pattern change? Where will Chinese silicon metal export market head to under new tariff terms?

In 2012, the black horse Xinjiang producing area saw higher output while silicon producing plants in Hunan and Guizhou basically halted production due to higher electricity cost and the supply during rainy season in the south mainly came from Yunnan and Sichuan. How will the Chinese silicon metal production pattern change in 2013?

The State Council of the People's Republic of China approved the “The Application Plans of Customs tariff for 2013” and published it on December 17th. The policy will be executed from January 1st 2013. In the list of “Customs tariff for exporting materials“, there was not any information about silicon metal...

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