Silicon carbide Price  Analysis

The price of silicon carbide material went steady in the past week. The quotations of both black silicon carbide and green silicon carbide coincide with that of last month.

Recently, due to the weakening demand at the steel plant end, the pressure on the second and third-grade silicon carbide shipments is relatively high. In Ningxia Province, petroleum coke was prohibited to produce silicon carbide. So manufacturers have to use the alternative material anthracite.  As a result, the A-grade silicon carbide yield decreased and the secondary products increase. That makes the supply of the primary market tight and increases the inventory of secondary products.

The quality of B-grade SiC in the market is uneven. The price gap between different factories is big.  Supported by the cost, the mainstream market quotation is relatively stable, but the bargaining space is also loose. In the short term, the demand for the steel industry is not strong enough to recover, and it is difficult to rapidly increase the demand for refractory materials. The silicon carbide market will still operate weakly and stably next week.

A-grade silicon carbide is mostly for abrasive and ceramics, the price is still strong in the near future.