PVTIME – On January 29, The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) of the People’s Republic of China released a report about the operation of the industrial silicon industry in 2021.
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MIIT stated that according to the data provided by China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, the output of industrial silicon in China is 2.61 million MT in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 24.3%. Meanwhile, the domestic consumption of industrial silicon is 1.86 million MT in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 12.7%, driven by the demand of the photovoltaic industry