Ferroglobe will extend cuts to its production of standard-grade ferro-silicon from its European operations through the rest of this year, with no output from France and reduced output from Spain, industry sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday September 17.
Spain-based Ferroglobe will make no standard-grade ferro-silicon at all in France this year, having idled two furnaces at Chateau-Feuillet on September 30 last year and a third in Laudun on November 15.But production costs may also be influential because energy prices in Europe tend to increase in the winter months. Ferro-silicon production uses about 8,000kW per tonne, while silicon...