Guide to Avoiding Pitfalls in Ferrosilicon Procurement: Have You Stepped Into These Traps?
Focuses on core risks in ferrosilicon purchasing and exposes the hidden dangers behind low-price offers.
Quality Issues: Products labeled as FeSi75 tested at only ~70% silicon content; excessive impurities like sulfur and aluminum reduce deoxidation efficiency
Supplier Fraud: Private labeling, inflated capacity claims, lack of environmental compliance (e.g., missing discharge permits), with small workshops prone to shutdowns
Contract Loopholes: Failure to reference national standards (e.g., GB/T 2272-2009) leads to ambiguous acceptance criteria and difficulty in claims
Mitigation Strategies: Require furnace number traceability screenshots, third-party inspection reports, and on-site factory audits to verify actual production capacity





