Technical Silicon market research in the CIS

SUMMARY

The report is devoted to investigation of standing of technical silicon market and current standing of company-producers, as well as consumption of the products in CIS countries. The report includes 8 Sections, contains 125 Pages, 23 Figures, 45 Tables and Appendices.

The report is a desk study. As information sources, data of Federal Service of State Statistics (Rosstat), Federal Customs Service of Russia (FCS), official statistics of domesrtic railage in Russia (JSC RZhD data), data of companies, the sector and regional press, annual and quarterly repots of companies, as well as web-sites of enterprise-producers and consumers of technical silicon.

The first Section of the report describes resources base of quartzites for silicon production in CIS countries, presents data on reserves of the greatest deposits of the resources, describes requirements, imposed on properties of quartzites, acceptable for silicon production, as well as features of mining of the quartzites.

The second Section is devoted to silicon production in CIS countries, it presents data on volumes of production of the products and dynamics of the production. Besides, the Section considers features of reducers, used in production of technical silicon, describes standing of their production in Russia, presents data on supplies of charcoal to plant-producers of silicon, as well as considers questions of improving quality of technical silicon - methods of regining silicon and new developments, introduced into the production.

The third Section is devoted to analysis of current standing of silicon producers in Russia and Ukraine in 2000-2006, as well as describes new projects on production of technical silicon in Kazakhstan. The Section presents statistical data on volumes of silicon production by all the enterprises, describes their current standing, analyses flows and volumes of supplies of resources to the enterprises for the latest 3-4 years.

The fourth Section of the report analyses foreign trade of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan in silicon. It presents dynamics of exports and imports, describes tendencies of export-import supplies, as well as analysis of export-import prices, presents data on volumes and flows of supplies of the greatest exporters and importers of silicon.

The fifth Section of the report is devoted to consumption of silicon in Russia, including it presents supply-demand balance of silicon, as well as estimation of sectoral structure of consumption.

Besides, it describes technology for production of various aluminium-silicon alloys, presents data on volumes and flows of silicon supplies to company-producers of aluminium-silicon alloys, both primary and secondary, as well as to steel-rolling and engine-building plants, being the greatest consumers of the products. Standing of production of organosilicon products in Russia is analyzed.

The sixth Section is devoted to consumption of silicon in Ukraine. The Section presents supply-demand balance of silicon, as well as estimation of sectoral structure of the consumption in 2007. Besides, it describes current standing of the greatest consumers of the products in Ukraine - PO «Kremniipolimer», JV «Intersplav» and LLC «Orisil-Kalush».

The seventh Section of the report is devoted to application of silicon in production of semiconductor product (poly- and mono-silicon) in the CIS. The Section presents description of current standing of operating producers of poly- and mono-silicon, as well as brief characteristics of new projects, scheduled on the nearest years in connection with boom at market of poly- and mono-silicon

The eighth Section of the report presents forecast of development of technical silicon market in CIS countries in 2008-2010.

The Appendices present technical standards (GOST) on silicon, valid in the CIS, as well as describes produced organosilicon compounds and their end-uses. Besides, contact information on producers and the main consumers of silicon in CIS countries is given.

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