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Silicon Metal Suppliers and Exporter

China is the world’s major supplier of industrial silicon Due to its large consumption of ore resources and energy, China is the main contributor to global industrial silicon production capacity and output. From 2012 to 2021, global industrial silicon production capacity increased from 4.81 million tons to 6.62 million tons, and China's production capacity increased from 3.6 million tons to 4.98 million tons. Global new production capacity is concentrated in China. After 2018, affected by policy adjustments to high-energy-consuming industries in various parts of the country, the growth rate of China's industrial silicon production capacity has slowed down. From the perspective of production, global industrial silicon production increased from 1.96 million tons to 3.38 million tons from 2012 to 2021, China's production increased from 1.13 million tons to 2.61 million tons, and China's production share increased from 58% to 77%. Although the growth rate of China's production capacity has slowed down, the increase in capacity utilization has led to an increase in output. In 2021, China's industrial silicon output will be 2.61 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 24%.

Silicon metal, as a popular metallurgical material in metallurgical industry, has been used in different fields.China is now the most advanced country in steelmaking technology in the world,china also has very advanced production technology in metallurgical materials.Many manufacturers source silicon metal from chinese suppliers, not only because of its more reliable quality, but also because of the advantages in silicon metal prices and services.

Industrial silicon downstream includes silicon-aluminum alloy, organic silicon, polycrystalline silicon

In alloys, industrial silicon is used as an additive in non-ferrous alloys to improve the strength, hardness and wear resistance of the base metal. Among polysilicon, industrial silicon is the main raw material for manufacturing polysilicon and is used in photovoltaic silicon wafer production. Among silicones, industrial silicon is used to produce silanes, silicones, silicone oils, silane coupling agents and other products.

Energy power is an important component of industrial silicon costs

Direct materials and energy power are the main cost components of industrial silicon. Direct materials include: silicon ore, petroleum coke, silicon coal, graphite electrodes, etc. Energy power includes: coal and electricity. Looking at the breakdown of Hesheng Silicon's industrial silicon production costs in 2021, direct materials accounted for 46% and energy and power accounted for 32%. According to the latest raw material prices, we calculate the cost composition of industrial silicon enterprises in Xinjiang. Quartz sand accounts for 11%, silicon coal accounts for 23%, graphite electrodes account for 20%, and electricity accounts for 27%.

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