Kazakh company YDD Corp is targeting sales of ferro-silicon into North America this year, with the first shipments planned for next month, according to its output distributor on the project, Swiss trading house Helvetia Resources.
YDD started cold commissioning three furnaces at its new Karaganda ferro-silicon operation in Kazakhstan at the end of 2018, with the aim of exporting ferro-silicon to Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (Mena)."Moreover, we intend to export 5,000-8,000 tonnes of ferro-silicon this year to North America, while the first lots will be...