Today, the domestic organic silicon DMC market showed a subtle adjustment, with prices slightly falling to 12965 yuan/ton, a daily decline of 51 yuan, reflecting a slight fluctuation in the delicate balance of market supply and demand. Faced with this situation, individual manufacturers have flexibly adjusted their strategies and adopted low-level shipments to maintain market liquidity. However, downstream enterprises still adopt a cautious procurement strategy, adopting a wait-and-see attitude and restocking in small quantities as needed, resulting in a slightly sluggish overall market activity.
On the raw material side, the price of metallic silicon remains weakly stable, providing some cost support for the organic silicon market, but has not yet formed a significant market boosting effect. On the supply side, as production lines gradually operate at full capacity, market supply pressure quietly increases, intensifying the intensity of price competition. The demand side remains stable, while downstream industries remain rational in the face of uncertainty, and on-demand procurement strategies have become mainstream.
At a time of subtle adjustment in the domestic market, international silicon material giant Elkem announced a milestone progress. The company has successfully received a funding of 1.8 million euros (approximately 13.58 million yuan) from the European Union to advance its revolutionary carbon cycle silicon production technology - Sicalo ® project This project not only marks an important step towards the green and low-carbon transformation of the silicon industry, but also heralds a fundamental change in the future production mode of silicon materials.
At Kristiansand Technology Park in Norway, Eken has partnered with the Norwegian Institute of Technology and Industry and the Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE) to complete Sicalo ® The laboratory phase research of the project is about to enter a new stage of comprehensive pilot testing. This project utilizes innovative carbon capture and recycling technologies to convert the carbon dioxide emitted during silicon production into raw materials, achieving a transformation from an "emitter" to a "user" and opening up a new path for the silicon industry to achieve carbon neutrality goals.
It is worth noting that, Sicalo ® The successful implementation of the project will not only have a profound impact on the silicon materials industry, but may also become a model for green transformation in other metal production fields. Eken is actively seeking cooperation with other industry partners to explore expanding this revolutionary technology to the production of metals such as silicon and manganese alloys, in order to promote zero carbon emissions in metal production worldwide.
Looking ahead to the future, with Sicalo ® With the in-depth implementation of the project and the continuous maturity of technology, the silicon industry and even the entire metal production field are expected to usher in a green revolution. This will not only help achieve global climate goals, but also inject new vitality into the silicon materials industry, promoting its development towards a more efficient, environmentally friendly, and sustainable direction.