Technical Silicon market research in the CIS

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. CIS raw material base and mining resources for production of commercial silicon

• 1.1. Quartzites in CIS: reserves and main deposits.
• 1.2. Properties of raw materials for technical silicon production.
• 1.3. Characteristics of main deposits of quartzites used for silicon production.
• 1.4. Features of quartzite mining.

2. Production of silicon in CIS, features of reducers applied, methods of refining, new developments

• 2.1. Features of reducers applied.
• 2.2. Methods of silicon refining.
• 2.3. New developments in silicon production.

3. Review of standing of company-producers of silicon in CIS

• 3.1. Characteristics of the equipment applied.
• 3.2. A review of standing of silicon production in JSC Rusal (Russian Aluminium)
  • 3.2.1. Private Jt.St.Co. Kremnii
  • 3.2.2. SUAL-Kremnii-Ural
• 3.3. Standing of silicon production of Bratsk Aluminium Plant (BrAZ, Bratsk).
• 3.4. Standing of silicon production at Zaporozhe Aluminium Combine (ZAlC)
• 3.5. New projects in Kazakhstan in silicon production.

4. Foreign trade in technical silicon

• 4.1. Export-import of technical silicon in Russia
• 4.2. Dynamics of export-import prices
• 4.3. Export-import of technical silicon in Ukraine

5. Consumption of technical silicon in Russia

• 5.1. Application of silicon in production of aluminium-silicon alloys
  • 5.1.1. Technology for production of synthetic Silumin
  • 5.1.2. Features of production of electrothetrmic Silumin at ZAlC
• 5.2. Production of aluminium-silicon alloys in Russia
• 5.3. Production of secondary aluminium-silicon alloys
• 5.4. Application of silicon for production of organosilicon compounds
  • 5.4.1. JSC «SILAN» (Dankov, Lipetsk region)
  • 5.4.2. JSC "Khimprom" (Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia)
  • 5.4.3. JSC «Usol' e-Sibirsky silicon (Usol' e Sibirskoe, Irkutsk region)

6. Consumption of silicon in Ukraine

• 6.1. JV «Intersplav» (Sverdlovsk, Lugansk region)
• 6.2. PO «Kremniipolimer» (Zaporozh' e region)
• 6.3. LLC «Orisil-Kalush» (Ivano-Frankovsk region)

7. Application of technical silicon in production of semiconductor silicon in the CIS

8. Forecast of production and consumption of technical silicon in the CIS

• Appendix 1. GOST 2169 - 69. Technical Silicon
• Appendix 2. Products of JSC «SILAN» and their end-uses
• Appendix 3. List of the main organosilicon products of JSC «Khimprom» (Novocheboksarsk)
• Appendix 4. Contact information on producers and consumers of silicon in the CIS

List of Tables:

• Table 1. Average chemical composition and properties of quartzites of the main deposits in the CIS
• Table 2. Companies, mining resources for silicon production, kt
• Table 3. Supplies of quartzites to company-producers of silicon in 2004-2006, kt
• Table 4. Production of technical silicon in the CIS in 1992-2006, kt
• Table 5. Chemical composition of technical silicon
• Table 6. Norms of contents of impurities in charge for production of various grades of technical silicon, %
• Table 7. Average structure and properties of various of kinds of reducers, used in production of silicon in Russia
• Table 8. Production of charcoal in Russia in 1995-2006, kt
• Table 9. Supplies of charcoal to company-consumers in 2003-2006, kt
• Table 10. Smelting equipment, applied for production of technical silicon in the CIS
• Table 11. Supplies of quartzites of Cheremshansky mine to company-producers of silicon in 2004-2006, kt
• Table 12. Supplies of charcoal and black coal to PJSC «Kremnii» in 2004-2006, t
• Table 13. Supplies of charcoal to JSC «Kremnii-Ural» in 2003-2006, kt
• Table 14. Supplies of quartzites to JSC «Kremnii-Ural» in 2004-2006, kt
• Table 15. Russian foreign trade in technical silicon in 1996- 10 months of 2007, kt
• Table 16. Share of technical silicon exports in total volume of its production in Russia in 1996-2006
• Table 17. Russian export of silicon, broken by countries in 1996 - 10 months of 2007, t
• Table 18. Share of silicon exports in total volume of its production by Rusal enterprises
• Table 19. Export of technical silicon by Russian enterprises in 2002 - 10 months of 2007, t, %
• Table 20. Imports of silicon by Russia in 1996- 10 months of 2007, t
• Table 21. Russian consumers of imported silicon in 2002-2007, t
• Table 22. Export prices on Russian silicon in 2002-2007, $/t
• Table 23. Average export prices for country-consumers of Russian silicon in 2002-2007, $/t
• Table 24. Average prices of country-suppliers of silicon to Russia in 2002-2007, $/t
• Table 25. Average import prices for Russian consumers of silicon in 2002-2007, $/t
• Table 26. Share of silicon exports in total volume of its production in Ukraine in 1999-2006
• Table 27. Export of Ukrainian silicon, broken by countries, in 1999-2007, t
• Table 28. Imports of silicon by Ukraine in 1999-2007, t
• Table 29. The main Ukrainian consumers of imported silicon in 1999-2007, t
• Table 30. Supply-demand balance (production, export, import and apparent consumption of silicon in Russia in 1993-2006, kt
• Table 31. Chemical composition of Silumin, % (maximum)
• Table 32. Chemical composition of the main aluminium-silicon alloys
• Table 33. Grades of alloys, produced by Russian plants
• Table 34. Consumption of silicon by Russian aluminium producers in 2001-2006, t
• Table 35. Consumption of silicon by Russian plants on production of secondary aluminium, in 2001-2007, t
• Table 36. Consumption of silicon by Russian casting plants in 2001-2006, t
• Table 37. Chemical composition of Si-Cu alloys, used in production of organosilicon compounds, %
• Table 38. Characteristics of trichlorosilane, produced by enterprises of Russia
• Table 39. Production of organosilicon compounds in Russia in 1995-2006, t
• Table 40. Consumption of silicon by Russian enterprises of chemical sector in 2001-2007, t
• Table 41. Structure of revenues from sales of the main of kinds of products of JSC «SILAN» in 2002 - 2007, %
• Table 42. Supplies of silicon to JSC «Khimprom» in 2001-2007, t
• Table 43. Volumes of silicon consumption in Ukraine in 1999-2006, kt
• Table 44. The main Ukrainian consumers of imported silicon, t
• Table 45. Silicon imports of JV Intersplav in 1999-2007, t