Production halts in China, the world's largest producer of silicon and magnesium, saw prices for the chemical elements surge in the week to Wednesday September 29, with ripples felt across the aluminium industry, where elements such as silicon can comprise up to 13% of alloy production.
Power supply problems in many of China's key industrial and manufacturing hubs have intensified while the nation attempts to meet strict carbon reduction regulations, and energy prices continued to hit multi-year highs."There is absolutely nothing anywhere; big buyers who use thousands and thousands of tonnes per year are only being offered less than 100...