Bridgeport / Roussillon / Trondheim / Tokyo / Mount Meigs / Carrollton / Cleveland / Graham / Belo Horizonte / Pietersburg / Rica Jamaica Korea / Denver / Orlando / New York / Barry / London / Tromsø / /
Company
IA Simcala Inc. / Roskill Information Services Ltd. / Rhodia SA / EXPORTS OF FERROSILICON AND SILICON METAL / CRU International Ltd. / ALLOYS AND METAL / WV Globe Metallurgical Inc. / Kendall / SILICON FERROALLOYS AND METALS / Bayer AG / Value Metal / Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. / WV Applied Industrial Minerals Corp. / SILICON ALLOYS AND SILICON METAL / U.S. net / Globe Metallurgical Inc. / Republic / AstroPower Inc. / OR Keokuk Ferro-Sil Inc. / Linde / Solvay / Industrial Minerals Information Ltd. / KY Elkem Metals Co. / Ligas de Aluminio S.A. / Bécancour Silicon Inc. / Elkem ASA / CC Metals and Alloys Inc. / Fesil ASA / Invensil / Ksinsik D.D. / Pechiney Electrométallurgie / Dow Corning Corp. / Metal Bulletin Books Ltd. / Alloys Inc. / CONSUMPTION OF FERROSILICON AND SILICON METAL / Ferro / GE Silicones / Gurta AG / Samancor Ltd. / Nucor / Simcala Inc. / SILICON / American Alloys Inc. / John Wiley & Sons / North American Free Trade Agreement / /
Continent
Europe / Asia / /
Country
Switzerland / Niger / Guatemala / South Africa / Norway / France / Japan / Brazil / Canada / Australia / Korea / United Kingdom / Philippines / China / Israel / India / Denmark / Wales / Taiwan / Germany / Saudi Arabia / Italy / Mexico / Iran / Kazakhstan / Belgium / Malaysia / Russia / United States / Singapore / Argentina / Ukraine / South Korea / /
Currency
USD / cent / /
Event
Labor Issues / Name Change / Product Recall / Business Partnership / M&A / Bankruptcy / Product Issues / Man-Made Disaster / Company Expansion / Debt Financing / /
Facility
Norwegian University of Science / laboratory SILICON / Silicon Smelters plant / U.K. plant / Steel Institute / PEM’s ChâteauFeuillet plant / Leverkusen plant / /
Holiday
Christmas / /
IndustryTerm
steel industries / steel castings / wrought products / alloy steel / chemical industries / Electric furnace technology / chemical products / high-energy demand / steel products / energy / metal / final product / light chemical element / electronic devices / iron and steel castings categories / steel scrap / chemicals / steel / ferrosilicon products / chemical technology / electric energy / steel industry / heat energy / metallurgical and chemical grades / chemical industry / manufacturing equipment / raw steel production / chemicals sector / /
NaturalFeature
Niagara Falls / /
Organization
U.S. Department of Commerce / Norwegian University of Science / U.S. Bureau / International Trade Commission / International Congress / U.S. Department of Justice / International Iron and Steel Institute / Norwegian University of Science and Technology / International Trade Administration / U.S. International Trade Commission / U.S. Census Bureau / U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York in Buffalo / AL CC / /
SILICON By Thomas S. Jones Domestic survey data and tables were prepared by Lisa D. Miller, statistical assistant. Silicon (Si) is a light chemical element with metallic and nonmetallic characteristics. In nature, silico