Table of Contents
1 Summary
2 Occurrence and properties of silicon and ferrosilicon
- Occurrence and resources of silicon
- Properties of silicon
3 Production processes, production costs and grades of silicon and ferrosilicon
- Silicon production processes
- Ferrosilicon production processes
- Silicon and ferrosilicon production costs
- Grades of silicon and ferrosilicon
4 World production data for silicon and ferrosilicon
- Silicon production
- Silicon producing companies and capacities
- Ferrosilicon production
- Ferrosilicon producing companies and capacities
5 Notes on silicon and ferrosilicon producing countries
Details of reserves, production, producers and processors of zirconium, and
potential projects in each of the following countries, where applicable:
Argentina; Australia; Bhutan; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Brazil; Bulgaria; Canada;
Chile; China; Egypt; France; Germany; Hungary; Iceland; India; Iran; Italy;
Japan; Kazakhstan; South Korea; Macedonia; Namibia; Netherlands; New Zealand;
Norway; Peru; Poland; Romania; Russia; Saudi Arabia; Slovakia; Slovenia; South
Africa; Spain; Sweden; Taiwan; Turkey; Ukraine; UK; USA; Uruguay; Venezuela;
6 Consumption of silicon and ferrosilicon
- Consumption of silicon
- Consumption of ferrosilicon
- Consumption of silicon and ferrosilicon by use
- Outlook for silicon and ferrosilicon demand
7 Uses of silicon
- Use of silicon in aluminium alloys
- Classification of silicon-bearing aluminium alloys
- Markets for silicon-bearing aluminium alloys
- Use of silicon-bearing aluminium alloys in transport
- Use of silicon-bearing aluminium alloys in machinery and equipment
- Use of silicon-bearing aluminium alloys in consumer durables
- Use of silicon-bearing aluminium alloys in containers and packaging
- Use of aluminium in building and construction
- Use of silicon-bearing aluminium alloys in electrical uses
- Use of silicon-bearing aluminium alloys in other applications
- Outlook for silicon-bearing aluminium alloys
- Use of silicon in silicones and silanes
- Markets for silicones
- Producers of silicone products and intermediates
- Use of silicon in the production of polycrystalline silicon
- Companies producing polysilicon
- Outlook for production of polysilicon
- Use of silicon in semiconductors
- Production of silicon semiconductor wafers
- Markets for silicon semiconductor wafers
- Outlook for silicon demand in semiconductors
- Use of silicon in photovoltaic (solar) cells
- New developments in production of solar-grade silicon
- Markets for solar panels and recent developments
- The solar energy industry
- Outlook for silicon demand in solar cells
- Other uses of silicon
- Iron and steel
- Superalloys
- Nickel- and iron-based alloys
- Silicon nitride
- Sialons
- Silicon nanoparticles
- Porous silicon
- Fumed silica and silicon carbide (carborundum)
- Fumed silica
- Silicon carbide
8 Uses of ferrosilicon
- Use of ferrosilicon in steel
- Crude steel production
- Carbon steel
- Alloy steels
- Stainless steels
- Outlook for use of ferrosilicon in steel
- Use of ferrosilicon in cast iron
- Production of cast irons
- Metallurgy and applications of cast irons
- Outlook for use of ferrosilicon in cast irons
- Other uses for ferrosilicon
9 Analysis of international trade data for silicon and ferrosilicon
- International trade in silicon metal
- International trade in ferrosilicon
10 Prices and marketing of silicon and ferrosilicon
- Silicon metal prices
- Historic price trends of silicon metal
- Ferrosilicon prices
- Historic price trends for ferrosilicon
- Outlook for prices of silicon metal and ferrosilicon
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