I think the press are overdoing this. Yes the quartz from this area is used because it's the purest available in the world, but it still has to be purified many thousands of times more to make the ingots. Other sources of quartz can be used, and indeed already are for solar cells. So the material is available elsewhere, it will just need more energy to purify it to wafer grade silicon. Also it takes months to make an ingot so the producers will already have a lot of work in progress. So prices may rise but there shouldn't be major shortages.
Statistics: Posted by MikeDB — Fri Oct 04, 2024 2:28 am