YDD started cold commissioning three furnaces at its new Karaganda ferro-silicon operation in Kazakhstan at the end of 2018.

China's benchmark power coal price dropped slightly during the past week.

The ferrosilicon market has been running smoothly, with little change in price before the holiday.

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China's logistics prosperity index hit 53.6 percent in April, up 2.1 percentage points from the previous month.

The 2009 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5846 yuan per ton on May 8.

Iron ore futures opened higher Friday in daytime trading on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE).

China's benchmark power coal price dropped slightly during the past week.