CONNECT WITH US
NEWS TAGGED SPOT MARKET
Wednesday 6 May 2009
Spot quotes for poly-Si fall to US$80-90/kg
In the international spot market of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si), prices have dropped from US$90-100/kg in the first quarter of 2009 to US$80-90/kg currently, according...
Wednesday 6 May 2009
Spot quotes for 6-inch poly-Si wafers fall to US$4.2-4.5
International spot market prices for solar-grade 6-inch polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) wafers have dropped from about US$5 per wafer in March 2009 to US$4.2-4.5 currently, according...
Tuesday 5 May 2009
UMG silicon prices said to have fallen to US$30/kg
International spot quotes for upgraded metallurgical-grade (UMG) silicon, which has been considered to be a candidate to replace solar-grade polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si), have...
Thursday 30 April 2009
PTI 1Q09 gross margin beats expectation
Powertech Technology (PTI), a Taiwan-based memory packaging and testing house, has announced that gross margin for the first quarter of 2009 was 19.3%, beating market watchers' earlier...
Friday 24 April 2009
DRAM and NAND flash spot prices rise on optimism, says inSpectrum
Anticipation of a positive price trend following Elpida Memory president's claims of a price hike has spurred mainstream DRAM chip prices this week (April 20-24), according to inSp...
Friday 24 April 2009
Poly-Si suppliers may reduce output if spot prices continue to fall
Some solar-grade polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) suppliers are likely to reduce production or even hold back supplies if spot market prices keep falling to US$70-80/kg from the...
Thursday 23 April 2009
SAS, Lite-On and Actron to jointly set up UMG silicon plant in Russia
Taiwan-based silicon wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) will team up with Lite-On Technology and Actron Technology to set up a plant to produce upgraded metallurgical-grade...
Wednesday 22 April 2009
DRAM contract prices going up, says DRAMeXchange
DRAM contract prices have trended upward in the second half of April, data gathered by DRAMeXchange have shown. Average prices of 1GB DDR2-667 and 2GB DDR2 modules have gone up to...
Friday 17 April 2009
DRAM spot prices up significantly
Taiwan's DRAM chip suppliers have paid much attention to the active transaction in the spot market over the past two days, pinning their hopes on an early recovery. The cash-strapped...
Friday 10 April 2009
NAND flash spot prices up 10% on speculated Apple orders, says inSpectrum
Speculation of a large order of NAND flash chips by Apple have contributed activity at the spot market for the week of April 6-10, according to inSpectrum.
Thursday 9 April 2009
NAND flash supply to tighten after Apple reportedly places large order
Apple has reportedly placed orders for 100 million 8Gb NAND flash chips mostly with Samsung Electronics, which is likely to cause a supply shortage, according to sources at downstream...
Wednesday 8 April 2009
DRAM contract prices expected to grow in May, says DRAMeXchange
DRAMeXchange anticipates DRAM contract prices will likely start trending upward in May 2009 at the earliest. Contract prices have stayed unchanged since the second half of February...
Tuesday 7 April 2009
DRAM prices stable in early April, says inSpectrum
A series of DRAM production cuts since the fourth quarter of 2008 has resulted in a supply-demand balance that is being reflected in the stabilizing ASP trend for mainstream chips,...
Monday 6 April 2009
Solar cell spot prices fall to US$1.7-2.0/watt
International market spot quotes for polycrystalline silicon solar cells have continued to drop, with the current prices at as low as US$1.7-2.0/watt, compared to slightly below US$2.0/watt...
Friday 3 April 2009
DRAM and NAND flash spot prices show mixed trends, says inSpectrum
Spot prices for DRAM have gone down in the week of March 30-April 3, as more agents/distributors began dumping their DDR chip inventory, according to inSpectrum. In contrast, the...