Hemlock Semiconductor continued to report positive financial results in the third quarter of 2013, despite the imposition by China of anti-dumping duties on imported polysilicon, notably from the US.According to a Dow Corning financial statement, Hemlock Semiconductors busines...... [More]

Market research firm, Bernreuter Research is forecating PV installations could reach 36GW in 2013, driving renewed polysilicon demand that is expected to push spot prices to around US$25/kg by the end of 2013.The latest forecat could provide significant relief for the strugglin...... [More]

XINYU CITY, China and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (the LDK Solar) (LDK), a leading vertically integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) products, today announced a solicitation of consents (the Consent Solicitation) to proposed amend...... [More]

Overcapacity, weak demand and uncompetitive production have forced around 90% of polysilicon producers in China to suspend production, according to news reports in China.Only a handful of producers continue to operate plants but at low utilisation rates. GCL-Poly, Daqo and Asi...... [More]

Expectations of market conditions improving in 2013 are likly to result in polysilicon prices within the solar industry rebounding slightly, according to the latest analysis from market research firm IHS.However, prices for 9N solar polysilicon fell by over 9% in October, acco...... [More]

PV (photovoltaic) polysilicon prices are forecat to dro 48% and wafer prices 56% year-over-year in 2012. With such severe price declines, only 12 Chinese PV polysilicon manufacturers are still producing, and more than half of these companies are running at significantly reduce...... [More]