The silicon metal market in the United States moved higher for the first time in two years, with suppliers raising prices largely due to reduced global supply of cheap material from China as a result of the Wuhan novel coronavirus.
Independent of that, other low-priced suppliers have reportedly revised their pricing policies this year, deeming their earlier prices unsustainably low.This marks the highest level since the price was assessed at a more than three-year high of $1.43-1.45 per lb in February 2018 amid expectations of additional trade protections against silicon imports that later failed...