China's central energy authority unveiled its photovoltaic (PV) development targets for 2014 on Aug 5th, vowing to install 13 gigawatts of new PV power capacity this year.

According to Statistic Norway, the silicon metal (Si<99.99%) export was 11772 tons, dropping by 28.3% M-O-M and down by 3.1% Y-O-Y.

As much as 3 GW of solar PV projects in the U.S. could be under threat following the confirmation last month that fresh anti-dumping tariffs will be levied on solar modules from China and Taiwan.

According to statistic of Japan Customs, Japan imported 13233 tons of silicon metal, up by 55.8% Y-O-Y.

Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. (YGE) led a weekly decline among the most-traded Chinese solar manufacturers in New York on concern their profits will be hurt as the U.S. seeks to curb imports.

Chinese calcium silicon market kept stable in August. Meanwhile, the calcium silicon export market in China was still depressed with widened price gap.

In August, Chinese chemical silicon metal market kept firm although the metallurgical silicon dropped.

According to statistics of China Customs, China exported 61 mt of rare earth ferroalloy with Re content more than 10% in Jun, up by 124% Y-O-Y