Polysilicon firms face survival tests Nuying Huang, Taipei; Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 30 May 2012] The price of polysilicon has been falling significantly since 2011. The current spot price is around US$20-22/kg. Many Taiwan-based ...
Tags: Taiwan, polysilicon, operating costs, AEP
When the solar industry was experiencing a boom before 2010, many firms were attracted to enter the market and began massive investments, causing an oversupply which has seen many firms face financial trouble. In 2011 alone, 40 firms, ...
Tags: solar industry, South Korea, polysilicon, OCI
China reportedly will announce the preliminary anti-dumping verdict against US- and South Korea-based polysilicon firms in first-quarter 2013. This will affect the supply chain, which has already been fluctuating in recent years. Most solar ...
Tags: Polysilicon Price, preliminary anti-dumping verdict, Anti-Dumping Tariff
Foxconn,GCL joint solar project to begin construction in 2Q13 Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Thursday 4 October 2012]China-based polysilicon firm GCL-Poly has jointly invested in a solar power-generation plant in Datong,Shanxi ...
Tags: solar project, Foxconn, GCL-Poly, solar energy
GCL-Poly determined to hold current polysilicon price, says chairman Nuying Huang, Taipei; Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES [Monday 1 October 2012] Market observers believe China's anti-dumping investigation against US- and South Korea-based ...
China's Ministry of Commerce announced on November 1 that the government received requests to conduct anti-dumping investigations on Europe-based polysilicon imports in September. The announcement stated that as of November 1, Europe-based ...
Tags: China, China market, Europe market, polysilicon
Taiwan-based panel maker AU Optronics(AUO)has announced that AUO Crystal,its solar material subsidiary,has obtained shares of AUO's Japan-based polysilicon subsidiary,M.Setek. According to AUO,AUO Crystal secured around 20 million M.Setek ...
GCL-Poly chairman refutes rumor about month suspension Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Monday 17 September 2012]Zhu Gong Shan,executive director,chairman and CEO of China-based solar firm GCL-Poly,has refuted rumors of shutting ...
Tags: Chairman China, Gcl-Poly, Capacity Utilization, LDK and Suntech
Commentary:Global solar market losing energy Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Friday 14 September 2012]Since the second quarter of 2011,the global solar market has been a ship trying to sail in a hurricane.Solar markets in Europe ...
Tags: Global Solar Market, TSMC, Solon, Q-Cells, and Centrotherm
China-based polysilicon makers urge government to investigate dumping by US-,South Korea-based makers Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Friday 22 June 2012]China-based polysilicon makers have urged the China government to launch ...
Tags: China, US market, polysilicon makers, China-based solar firms, South Korea
Polysilicon price in China to stabilize at US$25/kg once government begins anti-dumping investigation Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Friday 22 June 2012]The price of polysilicon in China will stabilize at US$25/kg if the ...
Europe-based polysilicon supplier seeking cooperation with China-based makers A Europe-based maker of polysilicon is seeking cooperation with China-based fellow makers mainly because spot market prices for polysilicon have dropped to ...
Tags: Europe, polysilicon supplier, cooperation, China
Evidence of polysilicon dumping by US-and South Korea-based firms easily obtainable,say industry sources Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Friday 25 May 2012]If the China government begins an anti-dumping investigations against ...
Tags: China, South Korea, US market, Dumping
China anti-dumping investigation against US,South Korea polysilicon suppliers would hurt local downstream players Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Friday 25 May 2012]Mainly due to the imposition of anti-dumping tariffs by the US ...
Tags: China, Korea, Solar, Anti-Dumping
China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Wednesday 23 May 2012]The price of polysilicon in China has been low causing many firms to shut down ...
Tags: China government, illegal imports, carry polysilicon, pollution problems