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 SUAL (Siberian-Ural Aluminium Company). 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. Trade and prices of commercial silicon
4.1. Trade of silicon
4.2. Prices on commercial silicon
5. Commercial silicon consumption
5.1. Silicon consumption in production of aluminium-silicon alloys. 5.1.1. Features of electrothermic Silumin production at ZAlC.
5.2. Production of aluminium-silicon alloys in Russia.
5.3. Application of silicon in production of organosilicon compounds. 5.3.1. Jt.St.Co. Silan (Dankov, Lipetsk oblast).
5.3.2. Jt.St.Co. Khimprom (Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia).
5.3.3. Jt.St.Co. Usol�e-Sibirsky Silicon (Usol�e Sibirskoe).
6. Consumption of silicon in Ukraine
6.1. JV Intersplav (Sverdlovsk, Lugansk oblast)
6.2. PO Kremniipolimer
7. Commercial silicon consumption in production of semiconductor silicon
CONCLUSIONS
Appendix: Directors, addresses and telephone/fax numbers of organizations involved in the CIS silicon sector
List of Tables:
Table 1: Average chemical composition and properties of silicon-bearing raw materials of main deposits in the CIS.
Table 2: Enterprises, involved in mining of raw materials for silicon production
Table 3: Crystalline silicon production in the CIS (�000 tonnes)
Table 4: Chemical composition of crystalline (commercial) silicon
Table 5: Standards on impurities content in charge for production of various kinds of commercial silicon, %
Table 6: Average content and properties of reducing agents, used in silicon production in Russia
Table 7: Production of charcoal in Russia for 1995-2002, thous. tonnes
Table 8: Smelting equipment for commercial silicon production, available at CIS enterprises.
Table 9: Average technological characteristics of furnace No. 1 of Bratsk aluminium plant in 1988-2001.
Table 10: Russian foreign trade of crystalline silicon in 1996-2003 and the 1st half of 2004, kt
Table 11: Share of exports in total production of crystalline silicon in Russia in 1996-2003
Table 12: Russian exports of silicon by countries in 1996-2003 and the 1st half of 2004, t
Table 13: Share of exports in silicon production by SUAL plants
Table 14: Exports of crystalline (metal) silicon by Russian enterprises in 2002-2003 and 1st half of 2004
Table 15: Import silicon â ÐÔ in 1996-2003 and 1st half of 2004 ,
Table 16: Russian importers of silicon
Table 17: Export-importå prices on crystalline silicon in Russia in 1996-2003 and the 1st half of 2004, $/t
Table 18: Export prices on Russian silicon in 2002-2003 and the 1st half of 2004, $/t
Table 19: Average export prices on Russian silicon by country-importers
Table 20: Russian average import prices on silicon (by country-suppliers)
Table 21: Average import prices on silicon in Russia, broken by company-importers
Table 22: Ukrainian foreign trade of crystalline silicon in 1999-2003, t
Table 23: Share of silicon exports in its total production in Ukraine in 1999-2003
Table 24: Ukrainian exports of silicon, broken by countries in 1999-2003, t
Table 25: Ukrainian imports of silicon in 1999-2003, t
Table 26: Balance of production, exports and imports, and apparent consumption of silicon in Russia for 1993-2003, kt
Table 27: Share of imports in Russian silicon consumption in 1996-2003
Table 28: Chemical composition of Silumin, %
Table 29: Chemical composition of the most widespread Al-Si alloys
Table 30: Types of Al-Si alloys, produced in Russia
Table 31: Silicon consumption by Russian aluminium plants in 2001-2003, tonnes
Table 32: Chemical composition of the most widespread Al-Si alloys
Table 33: Silicon consumption by Russian producers of secondary aluminium in 2001-2003, tonnes
Table 34: Consumption of silicon by Russian casting plants in 2001-2003, tonnes
Table 35: Chemical composition of silicon-copper alloys, used for organosilicon compounds production
Table 36: Production of organosilicon compounds in Russia for 1995-2003, tonnes.
Table 37: Consumption of silicon by Russian chemical enterprises in 2001-2003, tonnes
Table 38: Supplies of silicon to JSC Khimprom in 2001-2003.
Table 39: Silicon consumption in Ukraine in 1999-2003, kt
Table 40: Share of imports in silicon consumption in Ukraine in 1999-2003
Table 41: The main Ukrainian importers of silicon in 1999-2003
Table 42: Silicon imports of JV Intersplav in 1999-2003
List of Figures:
Figure 1: Location of quartzite deposits and silicon producers
Figure 2: Dynamics of silicon production by SUAL enterprises for 1992-2003
Figure 3: Dynamics of silicon production of Kremnii plant in 1992-2003, kt
Figure 4: Dynamics of quartzite mining in the Cheremshansky mine in 1999-2003, kt
Figure 5: Silicon production at SUAL-Kremnii-Ural.
Figure 6: Dynamics of silicon production by BrAZ in 1992-2003, kt
Figure 7: Production of crystalline silicon (silicon metal) at ZalC in 1992-2003, kt
Figure 8: Dynamics of Russian exports-imports of crystalline silicon in 1996-2003, kt
Figure 9: Dynamics of export-import prices on crystalline silicon in Russia
Figure 10: Dynamics of Ukrainian exports and imports of crystalline silicon in 1999-2003, t
Figure 11: Dynamics of Ukrainian export-import prices on silicon in 1999-2003, UHR/t
Figure 12: Dynamics of apparent consumption of silicon in Russia for 1993-2003, kt
Figure 13: Pattern of Russian domestic consumption of silicon in 2003.
Figure 14: Pattern of Russian domestic consumption of silicon in 2001-2003
Figure 15: Dynamics of production of secondary aluminium alloys in Russia in 1993-2003, kt
Figure 16: Dynamics of apparent consumption of silicon in Ukraine for 1999-2003, kt |
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