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30th September 2009!!!

Wacker Chemie is getting out of the business of making silicon wafers for the solar market to focus on producing silicon instead, the company said Wednesday. In Tasmania, we hope!

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/wacker-ditches-solar-wafer-biz-china-to-curb-silicon-oversupply1/

The price for long-term silicon contracts has fallen about 50 percent this year from a year ago and come close to the spot market price of $67 per kilogram. ($67,000 per tonne.)

Silicon manufacturing costs for major producers such as Wacker-Chemie, Hemlock and Tokuyama are estimated to be about $30 to $35 per kilogram. (And this is where the purity levels come into play, the more pure the less production costs, this is why Wacker, The Tassie government and MHM are all hopeful, the purity is very good)

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/contract-silicon-prices-fall-50-close-to-spot-price/