Bridgeport / Springer-Verlag / Beverly / Tokyo / Ashtabula / Cleveland / Belo Horizonte / Springfield / Selma / Barcelona / Semnan / Jubail / Calvert City / Selkirk / Natal / London / Midland / /
Company
Bahia SA / Companhia Ferroligas Minas Gerais / SKW Metals & Alloys Inc. / ALLOYS AND/OR SILICON METAL / Silicio de Alta Pureza / Roskill Information Services Ltd. / Silarsa S.A. / EXPORTS OF FERROSILICON AND SILICON METAL / SILICON ALLOYS AND METAL / Iran Ferrosilice Co. / Resource Strategies Inc. / Eletrovale SA Industria / OH Globe Metallurgical Inc. / American Silicon Technologies / Eletrosilex Belo Horizonte / Indsil Electrosmelt Ltd. / Silicon Technology Pty. Ltd. / Material Producers / Chromecorp Technology Pty. Ltd. / Marubeni Corp. / Elam Metals Co. / Companhia Brasileira Carbureto de Calcio / The Washington Post / Gulf Ferroalloys Co. / Bayer AG / Value Metal / CVG Fesilven CA / U.S. net / Globe Metallurgical Inc. / Travancore ElectroChemical Industries Ltd. / Huls AG / Alabama Silicon Inc. / SKW Metals and Alloys Inc / AL Elkem Metals Co. / OR Keokuk Ferro-Sil Inc. / Silcal Metallurgic Ltd. / Elkem Metals Company / Wall Street Journal / Ligas de Aluminio SA / IA Simetco Inc. / WA Applied Industrial Minerals Corp. / Japan Metals & Chemicals Co. Ltd. / The TEX Report Co. Ltd. / Applied Industrial Minerals Corp. / Rima Electrometalurgia S.A. / Dow Corning Corp. / Metal Bulletin Books Ltd. / CONSUMPTION OF FERROSILICON AND SILICON METAL / Mannesmann Demag Huttentechnik / SILVERY PIG IRON / Ferro / Bhutan Farewells Ltd. / Halsted Press / Silicon Metaltech Inc. / BHP Engineering of Australia / Italmagnesio S.A. Industria / American Alloys Inc. / /
Continent
America / Europe / /
Country
Venezuela / Netherlands / Macedonia / South Africa / Peru / Honduras / Egypt / Norway / Thailand / Colombia / U.S.S.R. / France / Japan / Brazil / Canada / Australia / Korea / United Kingdom / China / Israel / Trinidad and Tobago / Finland / India / Denmark / Taiwan / Germany / Romania / Republic of United Kingdom / Saudi Arabia / Italy / Mexico / Iran / Kazakhstan / Malaysia / Russia / United States / Singapore / Ghana / Argentina / Ukraine / Spain / Ireland / Czech Republic / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Force Majeure / Bankruptcy / Business Partnership / M&A / Natural Disaster / /
manufacturing facility / steel industries / computer chip manufacturing technology / alloy steel / chemical industries / chemical products / household and personal care products / steel products / pollution control equipment / energy / metal / light chemical element / manufacturing / manufacturing technology development program / silicone-base products / steel scrap / chemicals / electrical sheet steel / silicone products / steel / ferrosilicon products / siliconbase products / chemical and metallurgical sectors / power intensive products / supplier accounting / bankruptcy law / steel industry / steel demand / steel production / energy cost / chemical industry / cast products / chemical and primary aluminum industries / ferrosilicon producer / equipment / /
NaturalFeature
Niagara Falls / /
Organization
U.S. Department of Energy / Bureau of the Census / U.S. Department of Commerce / Steelworkers of America / and the Oil / U.S. Bureau / International Trade Commission / U.S. Department of Defense / Central Intelligence Agency / European Commission / European Union / U.S. International Trade Commission / Customs Service / Venezuela government / /
Person
Nova Era / Plant / /
Position
President / General / Producer / Chemical Marketing Reporter / Major / State-owned ferrosilicon producer / dealer / silicon metal producer / President of the United States / annual dealer / /
SILICON By Larry D. Cunningham Silicon (Si) is a light chemical element with metallic and nonmetallic characteristics. In nature, silicon combines with oxygen and other elements to form silicates. Silicon in the form