Global Silicon and Ferro Silicon Industry

• Publication date: October 2010

This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Silicon and Ferro Silicon in Thousands of Tons by the following End Use Segments: Silicon - Metallurgy, Chemical, Semiconductors, and Others; Ferro Silicon - Ferrous Foundry, Steel Industry, and Others. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Latin America. Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for the period 2007 th...

This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Silicon and Ferro Silicon in Thousands of Tons by the following End Use Segments: Silicon - Metallurgy, Chemical, Semiconductors, and Others; Ferro Silicon - Ferrous Foundry, Steel Industry, and Others. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Latin America. Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for the period 2007 through 2015. A seven-year historic analysis is also provided for these markets. The report profiles 69 companies including many key and niche players such as Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., China National Bluestar (Group) Corporation, Bluestar Silicon Materials Co.Ltd, Compagnie De Saint-Gobain, CC Metals and Alloys, LLC, Dow Corning Corporation, Elkem AS, Evonik Degussa GmbH, Ferroatlanica Group, Invensil, Fesil ASA, Globe Specialty Metals, Globe Metallurgical Inc, Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation, Luoyang Institute of Refractories Research, MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, Mitsubishi Polycrystalline Silicon America Corporation, OSAKA Titanium Technologies Co., Ltd., Renewable Energy Corporation ASA, REC Solar Grade Silicon LLC, RIMA Industrial S/A, Simcala Inc., Simcoa (Silicon Metal Company of Australia) Operations Pty Ltd, Shin-Etsu Handotai Co. Ltd, Sinosteel Zunyi Ferroalloy Co., Ltd., Sumco Corporation, Sumco Techxiv Corporation, Tokuyama Corporation, VBC Ferro Alloys Ltd., and Wacker Chemie AG . Market data and analytics are derived from primary and secondary research. Company profiles are mostly extracted from URL research and reported select online sources.

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CONTENTS


1. INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY & PRODUCT DEFINITIONS 1
Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations 1
Disclaimers 2
Data Interpretation & Reporting Level 2
Quantitative Techniques & Analytics 3
Product Definitions and Scope of Study 3
Silicon 3
Ferro Silicon 3

2. MARKET DYNAMICS 4
End Use Applications Impact Demand 4
Current & Future Analysis 4
Silicon Market by End-use 4
Ferro Silicon Market by End-use 4
Steel and Aluminum Industry Shape Market Fortunes 5
Silicon Wafer Industry Goes through Turbulent Times 5
300mm Wafers Emerge as Tough Competitors to 200mm Wafers 5
Core Silicon Market Enters into Revival Phase 5
Polysilicon Market: Outlook 6
Table 1: Global Supply of Polysilicon to the Photovoltaic
Industry (2007): Supply of Polysilicon in Metric Tons by
Leading Suppliers (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 6
Production Scenario 7
Table 2: Global Polysilicon Market (2007): Production of
Polysilicon in Tons by Leading Manufacturers (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 7

Table 3: Global Polysilicon Market (2011): Production
Capacity in Metric Tons of New Entrants (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 8
Competitive Scenario 9
Table 4: Leading Manufacturers in the Global Merchant Silicon
and Epitaxial Wafer Market (2007): Percentage Breakdown of
Value Sales for Shin-Etsu Handotai, SUMCO, Siltronic, MEMC
Electronics Materials, Sumco Techxiv and Others (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 9

Table 5: Leading Manufacturers in the Global Silicon Wafer
Market (2007): Percentage Breakdown of Volume Sales for Shin
-Etsu Handotai, SUMCO, Siltronic, MEMC, LG Siltron and Others
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 9

Table 6: Leading Manufacturers in the Global Semiconductor
Polysilicon Market (2007): Percentage Breakdown of Production
for Hemlock, Tokuyama, Wacker Chemie, Mitsubishi (US& Japan),
REC Silicon, MEMC (Italy & US), Sumitomo Sitix and Others
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 9

Table 7: Leading Manufacturers in the Global Multicrystalline
Wafers Market (2005 & 2006): Percentage Breakdown of
Production for REC Wafer, PV Crystallox, Deutsche Solar,
Kyocera, JFE, BP Solar, Sumco, and Others (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 10
Historic Stats 10
Production 10
Table 8: Global Silicon and Ferrosilicon Market (2004 &
2005): Production in ‘000 Metric Tons by Country - China,
Russia, Norway, United States, Brazil, Ukraine, France,
South Africa, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Canada, Venezuela, Spain,
India, and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 11
Silicon Exports 11
Table 9: Global Silicon Metal Market (2004): Percentage
Breakdown of Volume Exports by Region - China, Brazil,
Norway, CIS, South Africa, Canada, United States, and Others
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 11

3. PRODUCT OVERVIEW 12
Silicon 12
Definition 12
Occurrence 12
Physical Properties 12
Production Process 13
Production of High Purity Float Zone (HPFZ) Silicon 13
Chemical Variants 13
Silicon Carbide 13
Applications of SiC 14
Fumed and Activated Silica 14
Applications 14
Metallurgy 14
Chemical 14
Semiconductors 15
Shipments 15
Table 10: Global Silicon Wafers Market (2000-2006(H1)):
Shipments in Millions of Square Inches by Wafer Type -
Polished Wafers, Epitaxial Wafers, and Non-Polished Wafers
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 15
Silicon Foundry 16
Key Global Foundries 16
Table 11: Asian Silicon Foundry Market (2004): Percentage
Breakdown by Wafer Processing - Fabless, IDM and System
House (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 16
Photovoltaic Cells 16
Monocrystalline Silicon Cells 16
Multicrystalline Silicon Cells 17
Amorphous Silicon Cells 17
Silicon Germanium Alloy 17
Silicon Metal Powder 17
Silicon Substitutes 17
Medicinal Properties 17
Ferro Silicon 18
Ferro-Silicon Substitutes 18

4. END-USE OVERVIEW 19
Silicon 19
Silicon in the Aluminum Industry 19
Silicon in Automotive Aluminum 19
Silicon in the Chemical Industry 19
Silicon in the Electronics Industry 19
SiGe Chips 19
Silicon-on-Insulator 20
Silicon in the Solar Industry 20
Large Imbalance in Polysilicon Supply and Demand 20
Table 12: Global Polysilicon Market (2000-2008): Supply and
Demand in Metric Tonnes (includes corresponding
Graph/Chart) 20
Massive Investments Planned in Capacity Expansion 21
Smaller Companies Face High Entry Barriers to Establish New
Polysilicon Production Capacities 21
Companies Focus on Extensive R&D in Advanced Solar Technologies 21
Soaring Polysilicon Demand Pushes Up Prices 21
Ferrosilicon 22
Iron and Steel Industry 22
Iron and Steel Industry - An Overview 22
Table 13: Global Steel Industry (2005): Percentage
Breakdown of Consumption by Leading Country - China,
Europe, Japan, United States, and Others (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 22
Global Crude Steel Production 23
Table 14: Global Crude Steel Market (1995-2005): Production
in Million Metric Tons (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 23

Table 15: Global Crude Steel Market (2005): Production in
Million Metric Tons by Leading Country - China, Japan,
United States, Russia, South Korea, Germany, Ukraine,
India, Brazil, Italy, and Others (includes corresponding
Graph/Chart) 23

5. TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS 24
Silicon for Billboards 24
Silicon for Micro-display Devices 24
Silicon, A Lifesaver 24

6. TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN RECENT PAST-A PERSPECTIVE BUILDER 25
US Scientists Develop Method to Refine Primary Silicon 25
US Inventors Develop Novel Method for Growing Epitaxial Silicon 25
US Based Inventors Develop Procedure for Growing
Polycrystalline Silicon 25
US Inventors Develop Method to Form Silicon and Oxide Layers 25
Japanese Scientist Develops Procedure to Produce Silicon On
Insulator (SOI) Substrate 25
Japanese Scientists Develop Liquid Phase Method to Grow
Silicon Crystal 26
German Scientists Develop Novel Silicon Composition 26
South Korean Scientists Develop Method to Oxidize Silicon
Substrates 26
Intel Develops Strained-Silicon Methodology to Design Chips 26
Intel and University of California Develop World's First
Hybrid Silicon Laser 26
Researchers at Brown University Create First Nanoscale Level
Silicon Laser 27
Stretchable Silicon to Create New Avenues in Electronics 27
Norwegian Researcher Develops Novel Silicon Preparation Method 27
US Scientists Develop Sinton QSSPC Silicon Evaluation System 27
Marvell Unveils Unique Silicon Solution 28
Mitsubishi Electric Develops Unique Silicon Carbide Transistors 28
Intel Develops World’s First Continuous Wave Silicon Laser 28
Picogiga International Develops World’s Most Advanced Silicon
-Based AlGaN/GaN HEMTs 29
Innovative Silicon Develops Z-RAM Technology 29

7. PRODUCT INTRODUCTIONS/INNOVATIONS 30
STMicroelectronics Unveils Silicon Surge Protectors 30
INPRO and WACKER Unveil Silicone Adhesive 30
ON Semiconductor Launches PureEdge Product Range 30
Silicon-Germanium Semiconducting Nanowires Unveiled by IBM and
UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science 31
DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions and Silicon Energy Unveil Glass
-Glass Solar PV Modules 31
Momentive Performance Materials to Launch StatSil Elastomer 31

8. PRODUCT INTRODUCTIONS/INNOVATIONS IN RECENT PAST-
A PERSPECTIVE BUILDER 32
Texas Instruments Introduces Gen 2 RFID Silicon 32
Ferro Electronic Develops New Materials for Solar Cell
Applications 32
Dow Corning Synthesizes Innovative Solar-Grade Silicon 32
French Based Inventor Synthesizes Silicon Powder 32
Freescale Develops First 24-Megabit (Mbit) Memory Array Using
Silicon Nanocrystals 33
Chipidea and Solid Silicon Offer Silicon Solutions for
Chartered's Micron Processes 33
Sierra Logic Introduces New Range of Silicon Storage Bridges 33
Silicon Graphics Rolls Out SGI Altix 1350 Cluster Platform in
the Middle East 33

9. RECENT INDUSTRY ACTIVITY 34
Calisolar Acquires 6N Silicon 34
Roth & Rau to Acquire OTB Solar 34
Timminco to Expand Silicon Metal Capacity 34
Globe Specialty Metals Restarts Operations at Selma Facility 35
MEMC Electronic Materials Acquires Solaicx 35
eSilicon Corporation to Purchase Silicon Design Solutions 35
Oswal Smelters to Set Up Ferro Silicon Facility 35
Anik Industries to Invest in Power and Ferroalloy Facilities 35
SKC Solmics to Expand Silicon Wafers Production Base 36
Microchip Technology Snaps Up Silicon Storage Technology 36
GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Merge 36
Sunfilm and Sontor Merge to Form Sunfilm AG 36
Dow Corning takes Over US Silicon Metal Manufacturing Assets
of Globe Specialty Metals 37
Suntech Power Takes Over Minority Interest in Asia Silicon 37
Nippon Mining to Shift its Polycrystalline Silicon and Divest
Stake in Japan Solar Silicon 37
RASTRIYA Ispat Nigam and Manganese Ore India Enter Into Joint
Venture 37
Wacker Scott Solar Commissions New Facility at Jena 37
Taraz Metallurgical Plant to Expand Capacity 38
Innovalight and Roth & Rau Installs Silicon-Based Solar Cell Line 38
Dow Corning Acquires Operations of Globe Specialty Metals 38
Bihar Foundry & Castings Upgrades Ferro Silicon Unit 38
Timminco Limited to Restart Electric Arc Furnace at Becancour
Silicon Units 38
Jiangxi Blue Star Chemical Work Expands Silicone Monomer Facility 39
Tokuyama to Establish Facility in Malaysia 39
Tanushree Ispat Private to Establish Ferro Alloys Facility 39
Dongli Real Estate Group to Set Up Polycrystalline Silicon
Facility 39
Gasgen Ferro Alloys to Establish Ferro Silicon Facility 39
REC to Expand Polysilicon and Wafer Capacity 39
Globe Specialty Metals Acquires Solsil 40
Dow Corning to Raise Silicon Polymer Resins Capacity 40
Sumco Group to Boost 300mm Silicon Wafer Production 40
AMG Invest Acquires Stake in Graphit Kropfmuehl 40
The Silsex Board Inks Agreement to Acquire Translucent 40
Intrinsiq Materials Acquires pSiNutria 41
Permatex Acquires Anaerobicos 41
Topsil Inks Agreement to Acquire Stake in Cemat Silicon 41
centrotherm photovoltaics Takes Over SolMic 41
Beacon Minerals to Takeover Four Mineral Projects in Talas Region 41
Kovio Unveils Silicon Ink-based RFID Platform and Tag 41
Wacker Chemie Establishes New Polycrystalline Silicon Unit 42
Norsk Hydro and AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group Forms SilMag 42
Hemlock Semiconductor to Expand Polycrystalline Silicon
Production Base 42
Arcelor Mittal and Valin Group Enter into Joint Venture 42
Govinda Impex to Establish Ferro and Silicon Manganese Unit at
Astapal 43
Tangshan Sanyou Chemical Industries Enters into Joint Venture
with Jiangshan Silicon Industry 43
LDK Solar to Expand Silicon Wafer Production Capacity 43
Japan Solar Silicon to Commence Polycrystalline Silicon
Production 43
Topsil Semiconductor Materials Signs Agreement to Acquire
Shares of Cemat-Silicon 43
Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Constructs Polycrystalline
Silicon Production Base 43
Timminco Subsidiary Signs Agreement for Supply of Solar Grade
Silicon to Q-Cells AG 43
Indsil Electrosmelts in Joint Venture with GoodEarth Group of
Companies 44
Bluestar New Chemical Material in Joint Venture with China
National Bluestar 44
Sumco Corporation Acquires Sumco Techvix 44

10. CORPORATE ACTIVITY IN RECENT PAST- A PERSPECTIVE BUILDER 45
Mindspeed Acquires Ample Communications 45
Oak Hill Capital and Tallwood Acquires SVTC Technologies 45
LSI Acquires Tarari 45
Hemlock Semiconductor to Enhance Michigan Polysilicon Capacity 45
Dow Corning and TOK Develop New Bilayer Photoresist 45
Sumco to Set Up New Photovoltaic Silicon Wafer Facility 46
Komatsu Changes its Name to Sumco Techxiv 46
Sumco Techxiv to Bolster 300-mm Silicon Wafer Capacity 46
Sumitomo Titanium Changes its Name to OSAKA 46
OSAKA Expands its Polycrystalline Silicon Facility 46
Sumco Techxiv to Raise 300mm Silicon Wafer Capacity in Taiwan 46
Wacker Silicones to Boost Silicone Rubber Compounds Capacity 46
Wacker Polysilicon to Set Up New Granular Polysilicon Facility 47
Wacker and Schott to Set Up Solar Wafer Manufacturing JV 47
MEMC Inks 10-Year Solar Wafer Supply Agreement With Conergy 47
REC Inks Wafer Supply Contract with Solland Solar Cells 48
REC to Supply Multi-crystalline Silicon Wafers to Photovoltech 48
REC to Supply Polysilicon to Sumco Techxiv Corporation 48
REC Inks US$880 Million Wafer Supply Contract with Moser Baer 48
Globe Specialty Metals Acquires Camargo Correa 48
Sumco Corporation to Close its France-Based Subsidiary 49
X-FAB Silicon and 1st Silicon Merge 49
Indian Charge Chrome and Indian Metal and Ferro Alloys to Merge 49
JFE Steel to Acquire Additional 49% Stake in Nova Era Silicon 49
Ohio TechAngel Acquires Minority Stake in Midwest MicroDevices 49
Lam Acquires Silicon Assets of Bullen 49
EPOD International Acquires Innovative Systems Engineering 50
SunPower Forms Joint Venture with Woongjin Coway 50
Degussa and SolarWorld Announce Joint Venture 50
SunPower Inks Supply Agreement with Siltronic 50
SunPower Signs Agreement with DC Chemical 50
Nippon Steel Establishes NS Solar Material 50
Renewable Energy Corporation Begins Construction of Granular
Polysilicon Production Facility 50
Wacker to Build New Polycrystalline Silicon Plant at Burghausen 51

11. FOCUS ON SELECT PLAYERS 52
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. (Singapore) 52
China National Bluestar (Group) Corporation (China) 52
Bluestar Silicon Materials Co., Ltd. (China) 52
Compagnie De Saint-Gobain (France) 53
CC Metals and Alloys, LLC (US) 53
Dow Corning Corporation (US) 54
Elkem AS (Norway) 54
Evonik Degussa GmbH 54
Ferroatlantica Group (Spain) 54
Invensil (France) 55
Fesil ASA (Norway) 55
Globe Specialty Metals (US) 55
Globe Metallurgical, Inc. (US) 56
Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation (US) 56
Luoyang Institute of Refractories Research (LIRR) (China) 56
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (US) 57
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (Japan) 57
Mitsubishi Polycrystalline Silicon America Corporation (US) 57
OSAKA Titanium Technologies Co., Ltd. (Japan) 58
Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (Norway) 58
REC Solar Grade Silicon LLC (US) 58
RIMA Industrial S/A (Brazil) 58
Simcala Inc. (Silicon Mining Co.) (US) 59
Simcoa (Silicon Metal Company of Australia) Operations Pty Ltd
(Australia) 59
Shin-Etsu Handotai Co. Ltd. (Japan) 59
Sinosteel Zunyi Ferroalloy Co., Ltd. (China) 60
Sumco Corporation (Japan) 60
Sumco Techxiv Corporation (Japan) 60
Tokuyama Corporation (Japan) 61
VBC Ferro Alloys Ltd. (India) 61
Wacker Chemie AG (Germany) 61

12. GLOBAL MARKET PERSPECTIVE 63
Table 16: World Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis for
Silicon and Ferro Silicon by Geographic Region - US, Canada,
Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East and
Latin America Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual
Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007 through
2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 63

Table 17: World Historic Review for Silicon and Ferro Silicon
by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific
(excluding Japan), Middle East and Latin America Markets
Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption Figures in
Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006 (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 64

Table 18: World 11-Year Perspective for Silicon and Ferro
Silicon by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Volume
Consumption for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific
(excluding Japan), Middle East and Latin America Markets for
Years 2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 65

Table 19: World Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis for
Silicon in Metallurgy by Geographic Region - US, Canada,
Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East and
Latin America Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual
Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007 through
2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 66

Table 20: World Historic Review for Silicon in Metallurgy by
Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific
(excluding Japan), Middle East and Latin America Markets
Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption Figures in
Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006(includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 67

Table 21: World 11-Year Perspective for Silicon in Metallurgy
by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Volume
Consumption for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific
(excluding Japan), Middle East and Latin America Markets for
Years 2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 68

Table 22: World Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis for
Silicon in Chemicals by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan,
Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East and Latin
America Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption
Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007 through 2015(includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 69

Table 23: World Historic Review for Silicon in Chemicals by
Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific
(excluding Japan), Middle East and Latin America Markets
Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption Figures in
Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006 (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 70

Table 24: World 11-Year Perspective for Silicon in Chemicals
by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Volume
Consumption for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific
(excluding Japan), Middle East and Latin America Markets for
Years 2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 71

Table 25: World Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis for
Silicon in Semiconductors by Geographic Region - US, Canada,
Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East and
Latin America Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual
Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007 through
2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 72

Table 26: World Historic Review for Silicon in Semiconductors
by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific
(excluding Japan), Middle East and Latin America Markets
Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption Figures in
Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006 (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 73

Table 27: World 11-Year Perspective for Silicon in
Semiconductors by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of
Volume Consumption for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific
(excluding Japan), Middle East and Latin America Markets for
Years 2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 74

Table 28: World Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis for
Silicon in Other Applications by Geographic Region - US,
Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle
East and Latin America Markets Independently Analyzed with
Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007
through 2015(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 75

Table 29: World Historic Review for Silicon in Other
Applications by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe,
Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East and Latin America
Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption Figures
in Thousand Tons for Years 2001 through 2006 (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 76

Table 30: World 11-Year Perspective for Silicon in Other
Applications by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of
Volume Consumption for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific
(excluding Japan), Middle East and Latin America Markets for
Years 2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 77

Table 31: World Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis for
Ferro Silicon in Ferrous Foundry by Geographic Region - US,
Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle
East and Latin America Markets Independently Analyzed with
Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007
through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 78

Table 32: World Historic Review for Ferro Silicon in Ferrous
Foundry by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe,
Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East and Latin America
Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption Figures
in Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006(includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 79

Table 33: World 11-Year Perspective for Ferro Silicon in
Ferrous Foundry by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of
Volume Consumption for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific
(excluding Japan),Middle East and Latin America Markets for
Years 2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 80

Table 34: World Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis for
Ferro Silicon in Steel Industry by Geographic Region - US,
Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle
East and Latin America Markets Independently Analyzed with
Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007
through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 81

Table 35: World Historic Review for Ferro Silicon in Steel
Industry by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe,
Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East and Latin America
Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption Figures
in Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006 (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 82

Table 36: World 11-Year Perspective for Ferro Silicon in Steel
Industry by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Volume
Consumption for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific
(excluding Japan), Middle East and Latin America Markets for
Years 2005, 2010 and 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 83

Table 37: World Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis for
Ferro Silicon in Other Applications by Geographic Region - US,
Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle
East and Latin America Markets Independently Analyzed with
Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007
through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 84

Table 38: World Historic Review for Ferro Silicon in Other
Applications by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe,
Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East and Latin America
Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption Figures
in Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006(includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 85

Table 39: World 11-Year Perspective for Ferro Silicon in Other
Applications by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of
Volume Consumption for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific
(excluding Japan), Middle East and Latin America Markets for
Years 2005, 2010 and 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 86

13. THE UNITED STATES 87
A.Market Analysis 87
Current and Future Analysis 87
Market Overview 87
Conventional and Emerging Applications Fuel Growth 87
Automotive Aluminum - A Key User of Silicon 88
Historic Perspective 88
Production 88
Table 40: US Silicon and Ferrosilicon Market (1995-2005):
Production in Metric Tons (includes corresponding
Graph/Chart) 89
Imports 89
Table 41: US Silicon Metal Market (1995-2004): Imports in
Metric Tons (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 89

Table 42: US Ferrosilicon Market (1995-2004): Imports in
Metric Tons (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 90
Imports by Grade 90
Table 43: US Silicon Metal (> than 99.99% Silicon) Market
(2004): Imports by Gross Weight (In Metric Tons) by
Country - Germany, Japan, Italy, Philippines, Belgium,
Republic of Korea, Taiwan, China, India, Mexico, and
Other (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 90

Table 44: US Silicon Metal (> than 99.99% Silicon) Market
(2004): Imports in US$’000 by Country - Germany, Japan,
Italy, Republic of Korea, China, and Other (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 91

Table 45: US Silicon Metal (99.00% - 99.99% Silicon)
Market (2004): Imports by Gross Weight (In Metric Tons)
by Country - Brazil, South Africa, Canada, Norway,
France, Australia, and Other (includes corresponding
Graph/Chart) 91

Table 46: US Silicon Metal (99.00% - 99.99% Silicon)
Market (2004): Imports in US$’000 by Country - Brazil,
South Africa, Canada, Norway, France, Australia, and
Other (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 91

Table 47: US Ferrosilicon (55% - 80% Silicon, >3% Ca)
Market (2004): Imports by Gross Weight (In Metric Tons)
by Country - France, Brazil, Argentina, and China
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 92

Table 48: US Ferrosilicon (55% - 80% Silicon, > than 3%
Ca) Market (2004): Imports in US$’000 by Country -
France, Brazil, Argentina, and China (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 92

Table 49: US Ferrosilicon (55% - 80% Silicon, Other)
Market (2004): Imports by Gross Weight (In Metric Tons)
by Country - China, Venezuela, Russia, Iceland, Canada,
Kazakhstan, Norway, France, South Africa, Brazil, and
Other (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 92

Table 50: US Ferrosilicon (55% - 80% Silicon, Other)
Market (2004): Imports in US$’000 by Country - China,
Venezuela, Russia, Iceland, Norway, Kazakhstan, Canada,
France, South Africa, Brazil, and Other (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 93

Table 51: US Ferrosilicon (80% - 90% Silicon) Market
(2004): Imports by Gross Weight (In Metric Tons) by
Country - Canada, Germany, and Brazil (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 93

Table 52: US Ferrosilicon (80% - 90% Silicon) Market
(2004): Imports in US$’000 by Country - Brazil, Canada,
and Germany (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 93

Table 53: US Magnesium Ferrosilicon Market (2004):
Imports by Gross Weight (In Metric Tons) by Country -
Norway, China, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, The
Netherlands, Japan, India, South Africa, France, and
Other (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 94

Table 54: US Magnesium Ferrosilicon Market (2004):
Imports in US$’000 by Country -Norway, China, Argentina,
Brazil, Canada, The Netherlands, Japan, and Other
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 94
Exports 95
Table 55: US Silicon Metal Market (1995-2004): Exports in
Metric Tons (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 95

Table 56: US Ferrosilicon Market (1995-2004): Exports in
Metric Tons (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 95
Exports by Grade 96
Table 57: US Silicon Metal (> than 99.99% Silicon) Market
(2004): Exports by Gross Weight (In Metric Tons) by
Country - Japan, China, Germany, Norway, Republic of
Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Finland,
and Other (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 96

Table 58: US Silicon Metal (>than 99.99% Silicon) Market
(2004): Exports in US$’000 by Country - Japan, Germany,
China, Norway, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom, Italy,
Taiwan, France, Finland, and Other (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 96

Table 59: US Silicon Metal (99.00% - 99.99% Silicon)
Market (2004): Exports by Gross Weight (In Metric Tons)
by Country - Brazil, Japan, France, Mexico, Colombia,
United Kingdom, China, Hong Kong, Germany, Panama, and
Other (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 97

Table 60: US Silicon Metal (99.00% - 99.99% Silicon)
Market (2004): Exports in US$’000 by Country - Brazil,
Japan, France, Mexico, China, Colombia, United Kingdom,
Hong Kong, Germany, Panama, and Other (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 97

Table 61: US Ferrosilicon (> than 55% Silicon) Market
(2004): Exports by Gross Weight (In Metric Tons) by
Country - Canada, Mexico, Malaysia, Dominican Republic,
France, and Others 98

Table 62: US Ferrosilicon (>than 55% Silicon) Market
(2004): Exports in US$’000 by Country - Canada, Mexico,
Dominican Republic, Malaysia, France, Colombia, and Other 98
B.Market Analytics 99
Table 63: US Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis for
Silicon by End-Use Segment - Metallurgy, Chemicals,
Semiconductors and Other Markets Independently Analyzed with
Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007
through 2015(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 99

Table 64: US Historic Review for Silicon by End-Use Segment
- Metallurgy, Chemicals, Semiconductors and Other Markets
Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption Figures in
Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006(includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 100

Table 65: US 11-Year Perspective for Silicon by End-Use
Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Consumption for
Metallurgy, Chemicals, Semiconductors and Other Markets for
2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 101

Table 66: US Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis for
Ferro Silicon by End-Use Segment - Ferrous Foundry, Steel
Industry and Other Markets Independently Analyzed with
Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007
through 2015(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 102

Table 67: US Historic Review for Ferro Silicon by End-Use
Segment - Ferrous Foundry, Steel Industry and Other Markets
Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption Figures in
Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006 (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 103

Table 68: US 11-Year Perspective for Ferro Silicon by
End-Use Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Consumption
for Ferrous Foundry, Steel Industry and Other Markets for
2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 103

14. CANADA 104
A.Market Analysis 104
Overview 104
Current & Future Analysis 104
Silicon Market 104
Ferro Silicon Market 104
B.Market Analytics 105
Table 69: Canadian Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis
for Silicon by End-Use Segment - Metallurgy, Chemicals,
Semiconductors and Other Markets Independently Analyzed with
Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007
through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 105

Table 70: Canadian Historic Review for Silicon by End Use
Segment - Metallurgy, Chemicals, Semiconductors and Other
Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption
Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2001 through 2006
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 106

Table 71: Canadian 11-Year Perspective for Silicon by
End-Use Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Consumption
for Metallurgy, Chemicals, Semiconductors and Other Markets
for 2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 107

Table 72: Canadian Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis
for Ferro Silicon by End-Use Segment - Ferrous Foundry,
Steel Industry and Other Markets Independently Analyzed with
Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007
through 2015(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 108

Table 73: Canadian Historic Review for Ferro Silicon by
End-Use Segment - Ferrous Foundry, Steel Industry and Other
Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption
Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through
2006(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 109

Table 74: Canadian 11-Year Perspective for Ferro Silicon by
End-Use Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Consumption
for Ferrous Foundry, Steel Industry and Other Markets for
2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 109

15. JAPAN 110
A.Market Analysis 110
Current and Future Analysis 110
Silicon Market 110
Ferro Silicon Market 110
Imports 110
B.Market Analytics 111
Table 75: Japanese Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis
for Silicon by End-Use Segment - Metallurgy, Chemicals,
Semiconductors and Other Markets Independently Analyzed with
Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007
through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 111

Table 76: Japanese Historic Review for Silicon by End-Use
Segment - Metallurgy, Chemicals, Semiconductors and Other
Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption
Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 112

Table 77: Japanese 11-Year Perspective for Silicon by
End-Use Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Consumption
for Metallurgy, Chemicals, Semiconductors and Other Markets
for 2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 113

Table 78: Japanese Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis
for Ferro Silicon by End-Use Segment - Ferrous Foundry,
Steel Industry and Other Markets Independently Analyzed with
Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007
through 2015(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 114

Table 79: Japanese Historic Review for Ferro Silicon by
End-Use Segment - Ferrous Foundry, Steel Industry and Other
Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption
Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2001 through 2006
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 115

Table 80: Japanese 11-Year Perspective for Ferro Silicon by
End-Use Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Consumption
for Ferrous Foundry, Steel Industry and Other Markets for
2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 115

16. EUROPE 116
A.Market Analysis 116
Current and Future Analysis 116
Silicon Market by End-use 116
Ferro Silicon Market by End-use 116
B.Market Analytics 117
Table 81: European Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis
for Silicon and Ferro Silicon by Geographic Region- France,
Germany, Italy, UK and Rest of Europe Markets Independently
Analyzed with Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons
for Years 2007 through 2015 (includes corresponding
Graph/Chart) 117

Table 82: European Historic Review for Silicon and Ferro
Silicon by Geographic Region- France, Germany, Italy, UK and
Rest of Europe Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual
Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through
2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 118

Table 83: European 11-Year Perspective for Silicon and Ferro
Silicon by Geographic Region- Percentage Breakdown of Volume
Consumption for France, Germany, Italy, UK and Rest of
Europe Markets for Years 2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 119

Table 84: European Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis
for Silicon by End-Use Segment - Metallurgy, Chemicals,
Semiconductors and Other Markets Independently Analyzed with
Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007
through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 120

Table 85: European Historic Review for Silicon by End-Use
Segment - Metallurgy, Chemicals, Semiconductors and Other
Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption
Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2001 through 2006
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 121

Table 86: European 11-Year Perspective for Silicon by
End-Use Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Consumption
for Metallurgy, Chemicals, Semiconductors and Other Markets
for 2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 122

Table 87: European Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis
for Ferro Silicon by End-Use Segment - Ferrous Foundry,
Steel Industry and Other Markets Independently Analyzed with
Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007
through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 123

Table 88: European Historic Review for Ferro Silicon by
End-Use Segment - Ferrous Foundry, Steel Industry and Other
Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption
Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 124

Table 89: European 11-Year Perspective for Ferro Silicon by
End-Use Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Consumption
for Ferrous Foundry, Steel Industry and Other Markets for
2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 125

16a. FRANCE 126
A.Market Analysis 126
Current and Future Analysis 126
Silicon Market 126
Ferro Silicon Market 126
B.Market Analytics 127
Table 90: French Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis
for Silicon by End-Use Segment - Metallurgy, Chemicals,
Semiconductors and Other Markets Independently Analyzed with
Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007
through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 127

Table 91: French Historic Review for Silicon by End-Use
Segment - Metallurgy, Chemicals, Semiconductors and Other
Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption
Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 128

Table 92: French 11-Year Perspective for Silicon by End-Use
Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Consumption for
Metallurgy, Chemicals, Semi- Conductors and Other Markets
for 2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 129

Table 93: French Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis
for Ferro Silicon by End-Use Segment - Ferrous Foundry,
Steel Industry and Other Markets Independently Analyzed with
Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007
through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 130

Table 94: French Historic Review for Ferro Silicon by
End-Use Segment - Ferrous Foundry, Steel Industry and Other
Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption
Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 131

Table 95: French 11-Year Perspective for Ferro Silicon by
End-Use Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Consumption
for Ferrous Foundry, Steel Industry and Other Markets for
2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 131

16b. GERMANY 132
A.Market Analysis 132
Current and Future Analysis 132
Silicon Market 132
Ferro Silicon Market 132
B.Market Analytics 133
Table 96: German Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis
for Silicon by End-Use Segment - Metallurgy, Chemicals,
Semiconductors and Other Markets Independently Analyzed with
Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007
through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 133

Table 97: German Historic Review for Silicon by End-Use
Segment - Metallurgy, Chemicals, Semi-Conductors and Other
Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption
Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through
2006(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 134

Table 98: German 11-Year Perspective for Silicon by End-Use
Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Consumption for
Metallurgy, Chemicals, Semi- Conductors and Other Markets
for 2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 135

Table 99: German Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis
for Ferro Silicon by End-Use Segment - Ferrous Foundry,
Steel Industry and Other Markets Independently Analyzed with
Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007
through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 136

Table 100: German Historic Review for Ferro Silicon by
End-Use Segment - Ferrous Foundry, Steel Industry and Other
Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption
Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through
2006(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 137

Table 101: German 11-Year Perspective for Ferro Silicon by
End-Use Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Consumption
for Ferrous Foundry, Steel Industry and Other Markets for
2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 137

16c. ITALY 138
A.Market Analysis 138
Current and Future Analysis 138
Silicon Market 138
Ferro Silicon Market 138
B.Market Analytics 139
Table 102: Italian Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis
for Silicon by End-Use Segment - Metallurgy, Chemicals,
Semi-Conductors and Other Markets Independently Analyzed
with Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years
2007 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 139

Table 103: Italian Historic Review for Silicon by End-Use
Segment - Metallurgy, Chemicals, Semi- Conductors and Other
Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption
Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 140

Table 104: Italian 11-Year Perspective for Silicon by
End-Use Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Consumption
for Metallurgy, Chemicals, Semi- Conductors and Other
Markets for2005, 2010 and 2015 (includes corresponding
Graph/Chart) 141

Table 105: Italian Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis
for Ferro Silicon by End-Use Segment - Ferrous Foundry,
Steel Industry and Other Markets Independently Analyzed with
Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007
through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 142

Table 106: Italian Historic Review for Ferro Silicon by
End-Use Segment - Ferrous Foundry, Steel Industry and Other
Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption
Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 143

Table 107: Italian 11-Year Perspective for Ferro Silicon by
End-Use Segment -Percentage Breakdown of Volume Consumption
for Ferrous Foundry, Steel Industry and Other Markets for
2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 143

16d. THE UNITED KINGDOM 144
A.Market Analysis 144
Silicon Market 144
Ferro Silicon Market 144
B.Market Analytics 145
Table 108: UK Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis for
Silicon by End-Use Segment - Metallurgy, Chemicals,
Semiconductors and Other Markets Independently Analyzed with
Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007
through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 145

Table 109: UK Historic Review for Silicon by End-Use Segment
- Metallurgy, Chemicals, Semiconductors and Other Markets
Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption Figures in
Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006 (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 146

Table 110: UK 11-Year Perspective for Silicon by End-Use
Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Consumption for
Metallurgy, Chemicals, Semiconductors and Other Markets for
2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 147

Table 111: UK Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis for
Ferro Silicon by End-Use Segment - Ferrous Foundry, Steel
Industry and Other Markets Independently Analyzed with
Annual Consumption Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007
through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 148

Table 112: UK Historic Review for Ferro Silicon by End-Use
Segment - Ferrous Foundry, Steel Industry and Other Markets
Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption Figures in
Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006(includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 149

Table 113: UK 11-Year Perspective for Ferro Silicon by
End-Use Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Consumption
for Ferrous Foundry, Steel Industry and Other Markets for
2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 149

16e. REST OF EUROPE 150
A.Market Analysis 150
Current and Future Analysis 150